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Feedly – The Google Reader Alternative I Choose For Now

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Since I posted yesterday, Google Reader Shutdown And Finding an Alternative, I have read a little more about alternatives.

Feedly

I finally decided to try Feedly, based on Micheal Hyatt’s Google+ post, and the comments to it:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/115748662504454470929/posts/d5AyWVXeH1N

For those of you who are not on Google+, this is the link to his blog post:
http://michaelhyatt.com/feedly-to-replace-google-reader.html

When I went to the Feedly site, I first checked out their Transitioning from Google Reader to Feedly blog post and comments.

I added the Feedly extension to Chrome and installed the Feedly apps on my smartphone and Nexus 7.

Feedly Experience Today

It linked up quickly and well with my Google Reader on all three.

It will take a little getting used to, and setting up my preferences to get it to work the way I want, but so far I like it through the Chrome extension, but with the smartphone and Nexus 7 not so much. Maybe, I just need to experiment a little more with the Android devices.

What About You?

Have you settled on a Google Reader alternative yet?

If you have and it is not Feedly, what did you settle on and why?

Leave a comment, or visit the contact page of this blog to email me directly with your answers/suggestions.

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Google Reader Shutdown And Finding an Alternative

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Introduction

When I first opened up my Google Reader this morning I receive the notice, “Google Reader will not be available after July 1, 2013”.

At first, I thought, this April’s Fool joke is a bit early, then I checked the Google blog and saw the March 13, 2013 post: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-second-spring-of-cleaning.html, which had the following to say:

“We launched Google Reader in 2005 in an effort to make it easy for people to discover and keep tabs on their favorite websites. While the product has a loyal following, over the years usage has declined. So, on July 1, 2013, we will retire Google Reader. Users and developers interested in RSS alternatives can export their data, including their subscriptions, with Google Takeout over the course of the next four months.”

It seems that it is true.

As regular readers of the Boca Bits newsletter, and this blog, know I have started posting interesting links found during the month through Google Reader. Now I will have to find something else to keep track of the 200+ RSS subscriptions I check regularly.

Google Reader Alternatives

I decided to check out some of my usual places for information about alternatives, the links to the posts found are as follows:

I am sure there are many other places to check out, the above are the result of a very quick search of some of my favorite sites.

After reading these, Feedly is the front-runner for me.

Looking for Suggestions

The feed reader I am looking for would be able to import from Google Reader, and sync with all my devices, Windows and Android, as well as having online access.

It does not necessarily need to be free or open source,but should have a free trial period to make sure it works for me.

What Do You Use In the Place of Google Reader? Leave a comment, or visit the contact page of this blog to email me directly with any useful information.

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Interesting Internet Finds – January 2013

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Introduction

In the course of going through the more than 200 news feeds, I often run across things that I think might be of interest to other user group members.

The following are some items I found interesting during the month of January 2013.
(Long URLs shortened with the Google URL shortener.)

First appeared in the February 2013 issue of Boca Bits.

Titles And Links

Why does a scan of a simple text document result in such a large file?

Listen to radio stations in Google Chrome

Download Project Gutenberg ebooks to your Dropbox

The Best Free Dictionary and Thesaurus Programs and Websites

How to Clean Up the List of Apps that Have

7 Windows Frustrations You Can Quickly Fix

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