Please, don’t be stupid and sunset your project, at least while I’m trying it out.With Google Reader nearing its imminent death, a race to build the perfect alternative for the service's refugees has been taking shape over the last few weeks. I just need to move on emotionally and I’ll get over it in time.įor now Feedly, you have my undying thanks for tiding me over. The # of shortcuts aren’t as great and so I’ll have to cut a few things out in my existing workflow, which I’m sad about, but that’s fine for now. The shortcuts, this is where it’s at: Thank God. Syncing took some time and the service is slow as many people are moving over I’m sure: Add it!Īnd then I could connect it quickly to Google Reader:Ĭhoosing the right account and then moving forward toward syncing: You can use it with a number of different browsers built right-in.Īs you can see, I’m using Google Chrome and adding it was simple – a few clicks. Signing up was easy and they have multiple options for use: It not only has Google Reader synchronization (and import) but it has shortcut keys that mirror Google Reader. Feedly:įeedly might be my temporary savior. The order was tall, but I think I found a decent solution to tide me over. Now, I have to find another application that not only has the fluidity of Google Reader and my long-standing workflow but also has robust shortcuts. This way I didn’t have to switch my brain or calibrate my motor functions to “just work” because it just did. Google Reader shared these shortcuts – the same keys for very similar or exactly the same function. I love the challenge and finesse it takes to make shortcuts work – most programmers do this instinctively as well. I can work through emails without every touching my touchpad or a mouse. I’m so fast when it comes to my email via shortcuts that it’s awesome. It works so well from one simple functional reason: Shortcut keys.

I just yesterday wrote about my simple workflow. One of the biggest reasons I’m so anxious about the change is because the application works so well with the other uncompromisable application that I use daily – email. In fact, I couldn’t do my job without it. Much bigger is my responsibility to this growing news and editorial blog here at WP Daily – Google Reader has been an essential part. It’s simply for my amusement as well as a daily source of inspiration – it’s a part of my digital life and it’s like an arm has been cut off. Part of my job as an entrepreneur is to stay in the know, as best as I can, with new trends and technology. I won’t spend anytime discussing my thoughts on Google’s move here because it wouldn’t be worth my time, but I am disappointed. So much so that when I heard that it was coming I started shaking in anger – the mere thought of having to transition from an application that I’ve used since 2007 and have religiously used every single day is more than I can bear.

I am sad and incredibly upset at this news, even though I had been expecting that the day would come, namely because it’s become an intimate part of my overall workflow. As many of you know now Google Reader has hit the dead pool and will no longer be in service July 1st.

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