Google Reader

[MJ4H]

Wow. Only played with this for about 15 minutes but this is GREAT.

http://www.google.com/reader/view/

If you read several blogs on a regular basis, you can subscribe to them through google reader and they will appear in google reader. Kind of like checking your emails only the emails are blog entries. I love it.

[Easy Mac]

get the firefox plugin that tells you when you have new feeds. And the greasemonkey script that puts the feeds in your gmail, so you can check them all from one screen. Also get the script that lets you add a searchbox to google reader to search your feeds.

[MJ4H]

ugh. scripts and plugins just bog down my browser. i like what google reader does as is, but thanks for the suggestions.

[GoldenEagle]

I have been using RSSOwl for my blog needs. It seems cool but i have heard some good things about Google Reader. I may check it out.

[spleen1015]

Are blogs really that interesting?

[GoldenEagle]

Are blogs really that interesting?

I enjoy reading them. LSG pretty much asks the same thing when I tell her about a blog that I read. I use them to pick up on financial advice. Basically I just read them with the intent of generating ideas.

[MJ4H]

Are blogs really that interesting?

all blogs? god no. some blogs? absolutely yes.

[MikeVick7]

Yeah, I've been using this for about 3 months now and it's one of my favorite things about the web.

[cthomer5000]

yeah, been using this for a while, i actually kind of preferred the prior version though.

[Emiliano]

Good stuff. Thanks for sharing this.

[lordscarlet]

I prefer bloglines and newshutch.

[FrogMan]

I've been using it for maybe a couple of months and yeah, it's pretty good, very useful.

As to if blogs are interesting, like MJ4H said, not all blogs are. I read mostly blogs or people into martial arts telling about their training. Many of them read like a real life dynasty report...

FM

[John Galt]

I use bloglines, but I made that choice with no real information. Is there anyone who has used bloglines and google reader who can offer a comparison of the features and advantages of each system?

[MJ4H]

The main thing I like about Google Reader is that I can incoroporate it into my google home page. It's a beautiful thing.

[bryce]

thanks for the link, this looks helpful. i don't read a ton of blogs, but i still seem to forget about one here and there from time to time - this looks like it will help me from missing anything.

[Antmeister]

Thanks, I like this better than Live Bookmarks.

[Oilers9911]

For those of you that read blogs could you list some of your favourites?

[MikeVick7]

The main thing I like about Google Reader is that I can incoroporate it into my google home page. It's a beautiful thing.
Also, if you use Firefox and Gmail, you can install Greasemonky and the Reader feeds can be directly accessed within Gmail.


http://www.lifehacker.com/software/google-reader/integrate-google-reader-with-gmail-via-greasemonkey-207679.php

[Antmeister]

For those of you that read blogs could you list some of your favourites?

Here are a few of my favorites:

Lifehacker - One fo the best technology blogs. I go here for the latest gadgets, web 2.0 applications, etc.
Tips From the Top Floor - digital photography blog/podcast.
Coolness Roundup - Another technology blog, but this also has a very good podcast.
I Should Be Writing - This one is mostly a podcast, but there is a blog that keeps track of show notes and external links. Pretty good show since she does some good informal interviews with current writers.

[M GO BLUE!!!]

Google announced today they are killing Google Reader.

I am pissed.

[Scoobz0202]

The fuck. What the fuck Google

[Draft Dodger]

I thought this was old news?

[Ramzavail]

Wtf. I use google reader all the time.

[Matthean]

I use to use it, but I haven't used feeds in ages. If Google had a clue in regards to G+, Google Reader would have been incorporated in a way to make G+ stand out. Saying that, I would have used it if I still were into feeds. I Used Bloglines but I believe that died some time ago so I was forced to switch.

[M GO BLUE!!!]

I'm trying this

The Old Reader (http://theoldreader.com)

For some reason they are unable to import from google reader right now... the message says that all import spots are full. imagine that.

(Google is focusing on fewer products? That's a good idea... but they're likely to get the few they focus on wrong.)

[ISiddiqui]

Trying to use Newsblur as a replacement. Will see how it goes. Life without Google Reader shall be sad :(.

As for which products Google focuses on, I doubt they would necessarily get wrong the ones that would make the most money ;). From what I've read, Reader doesn't get many hits, esp since a lot of folks now go to Twitter for quick news.

[Matthean]

I think Facebook started the death of the feed reader and Twitter further piled on.

[Scoobz0202]

Trying to use Newsblur as a replacement. Will see how it goes. Life without Google Reader shall be sad :(.

As for which products Google focuses on, I doubt they would necessarily get wrong the ones that would make the most money ;). From what I've read, Reader doesn't get many hits, esp since a lot of folks now go to Twitter for quick news.

I would love to be a master at twitter and understand how it can possibly replace my RSS feed. I'm sure there are much more efficient ways to utilize Twitter that I don't grasp. I have certain MLB reporters and what not that I am sure can translate across to all the other various areas I like to follow, yet even those people feel the need to flood random shit about what they had for breakfast.

[gi]

I just switched to: feedly. feed your mind. (http://www.feedly.com)

It was very smooth and feels more updated

[stevew]

I still don't understand what google reader is.

[molson]

I still don't understand what google reader is.

I just figured out was reddit was last week and now I'm addicted - even though I'm pretty sure I'm the oldest person on there.

[Fidatelo]

Yeah I'm going to be struggling to find a good replacement for Reader. All the apps for my phone use it to sync the feeds I want to read. Hopefully they will update to use something else before Reader closes shop.

[Autumn]

Has anyone tried using Google Currents to replace Reader? Does that work?

[JonInMiddleGA]

Not my thing, but FWIW here's a CNet list of 5 alternatives to consider (no word on whether any other good ones were blacklisted by their corporate overlords ;) )

Google Reader is dying, but we have five worthy alternatives | iPhone Atlas - CNET Reviews (http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19512_7-57574201-233/google-reader-is-dying-but-we-have-five-worthy-alternatives/)

[stevew]

I just figured out was reddit was last week and now I'm addicted - even though I'm pretty sure I'm the oldest person on there.

I think I just missed certain things like tumbler, reddit, rss feeds..etc I guess I just go to like gizmodo instead of having the rss come to me. I'm probably missing out

[Subby]

Aggregation is just more efficient, that's all.

[Draft Dodger]

I don't use it much any more, but the only RSS feeder I've ever used is Netvibes

[M GO BLUE!!!]

I thought about starting a petition, but knew if I waited a few hours there would be at least one. :)

Petition | Google: Keep Google Reader Running | Change.org (https://www.change.org/petitions/google-keep-google-reader-running)

[ISiddiqui]

Actually it would probably make a whole heck of a lot of sense to fold Google Reader into Google+. You could make it more 'share friendly' and bolster G+ while you are at it.

[ISiddiqui]

Fun news... Digg is making their own Reader:

Digg Blog, We're Building A Reader (http://blog.digg.com/post/45355701332/were-building-a-reader)

[hoopsguy]

The fuck. What the fuck Google

This dude had the same sentiments.

http://youtu.be/A25VgNZDQ08

[terpkristin]

Very surprising news. I'm going to give Feedly a go. I hope it can seamlessly switch between my iPad and iPhone. If it does, it's got my heart.

Now I have to go bookmark/otherwise save all the crap I starred.

/tk

[M GO BLUE!!!]

I finally got The Old Reader to upload my Google Reader subscriptions. I got the following message

Thank you for uploading your OPML file. We will soon start importing your subscriptions, which might take up to several hours depending on the amount of feeds you have.

There are 15465 users in the import queue ahead of you.

I wonder what the queue looked like two days ago. LOL

[Scoobz0202]

I'm checking out Feedly in the meantime.

Maybe something will develop between now and July 1st as well.

[stevew]

Hopefully they kill off google+ next

[DanGarion]

There are 22538 users in the import queue ahead of you...

[21C]

I dabbled with feedly for a bit before reverting to Google Reader even though I knew it had a limited time left. I finally found a news reader that comes closest to GR - commafeed.com.

It's got a simple interface and mimics some of GR's features. Migrating data settings was easy too.

[Young Drachma]

Being using feedly too. As well as readability, which I like even more than RSS. Found commafeed (https://www.commafeed.com) recently and that works okay.

The Old Reader I didn't like as much because it forced you to download your own subscriptions.xml file from Google Takeout and I'd rather just click and have it integrated.

[Matthean]

For some reason when I start up Chrome there is a mini tab for Feedly.

[Scoobz0202]

I think that is the chrome extension, which until this past week was necessary to access Feedly. Now you can go to cloud.feedly.com I believe and can get rid of the add-on. I THINK