Like a zillion or so other people, I went into a completely irrational state of panic on Wednesday when I heard that...

Like a zillion or so other people, I went into a completely irrational state of panic on Wednesday when I heard that Google Reader was going to be shut down at the end of June.  There's definitely going to be a shakeout among the various RSS services over the next couple months, but for now I've decided to go with NewsBlur.  A good feature set, workable iOS apps, a responsive developer ... and a nicely-revamped UI in the works (at dev.newsblur.com).  
http://www.newsblur.com

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  1. David AMarch 15, 2013 at 5:04 PM

    Tell me what the point of a reader is?  I never knew really and still don't.  Is it just to read everything in one place?

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  2. Mark HufstetlerMarch 15, 2013 at 9:14 PM

    Yeah, the short version is that it's a way to set up a single page to view all the headlines from your favorite news sites, blogs, and so on.  If you're a news junkie or tech junkie or something, it's incredibly useful ... but you probably have to be slightly geeky to fully appreciate it, too.

    I have the RSS feeds from several dozen websites set up on a Google Reader page ... and that way I can see if there's any news that's interesting to me on any of those sites just by looking at that one page.  I'd really miss that if it were gone.

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  3. David AMarch 16, 2013 at 12:38 AM

    can you view LJ with the free version?  Even the friends only posts?

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  4. Mark HufstetlerMarch 16, 2013 at 8:53 AM

    I've never tried it, but I don't think it would be the best solution for something like LJ, because I think LJ users can set how much (or little) of an entry gets sent to their RSS feed.

    I do use it to keep up with some people who use Blogger, but mostly it's useful for news sites, I think.

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  5. David AMarch 16, 2013 at 10:56 AM

    Thanks for the info!

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