So I've finally settled on using Feedly as a replacement even though it's not quite as comfortable to me as Google Reader was/is. I think it will get the very basic job done and I am now forcing myself to use it instead of Google Reader. How are you guys faring? Any tips or tricks? Or are you just quitting altogether?
I also need to figure out what to do about the BBAW site. Continuing to host it as is is not really a problem for the moment, but part of me wonders if I should just retire it. Is there any reason to keep it up and running? Is it still helpful to have some of those great essays of the past up as well as the awards winners?
And, I really need a new Twitter background page. Does anyone have a recommended designer? I'm not looking for anything particularly fancy, it's just all the information is now irrelevant on mine and the woman who made it for me quit doing design work. I can't afford to pay the hundred dollars or so I see charged at the few sites I have visited. I could use a matching header, though. This kind of stuff is what makes me feel like quitting the internet!
In a funny story, though, when I watch TV I usually have my phone with me and I look up stuff constantly. Like who a familiar actor is or something that gets referenced that I don't know, the precise meaning of a word used, etc. Anyway, I was reading today and you know how in books they never tell you everything and keep some things mysteries to be revealed throughout the book. But lol, I kept getting the urge to grab my phone and look up the answers to my questions. It was like this subconscious urge...I'M NOT USED TO NOT BEING ABLE TO FIND THE ANSWERS OKAY? I kept laughing about it though because the story is totally fiction, even if it's being reported in the book as a worldwide event. (so it's not spoilers that I wanted exactly, it's hard to explain)
Have a great week, everyone!
Monday, June 24, 2013
Google Reader is Almost Gone and Other Technology Ramblings
Posted by Amy at 12:00 AM
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I sometimes have that urge when reading fiction too. I cave at times though.. go to the computer and look things up on wikipedia. But then I like knowing what is coming in a book.
I'm still sad about Google Reader. Like you I'm switching to feedly. Haven't used it much yet though.
I'm still sad about Google Reader. Like you I'm switching to feedly. Haven't used it much yet though.
Wait - that first paragraph - did *I* write that? (ha ha) I could totally have written that! And yes re looking things up. In fact, instead of running into the computer (because laziness trumps curiosity), I now repositioned my IPad next to the couch so I could have google with me for such occasions! :--)
Re BBAW site, is it any work or cost to maintain it? If not, I'd say leave it up for the nonce.
Re BBAW site, is it any work or cost to maintain it? If not, I'd say leave it up for the nonce.
I LOVE Feedly! It took just a bit of getting used to but now I think it is even better than Google Reader -- easier to organize, everything! I made the switch a couple of months ago, back when GR's demise was announced, and haven't looked back. :)
I'm used to Feedly now -- play with the settings so you get it to work and feel like you want it to.
I switched over to Feedly last week or the week before. I'm adapting but not gracefully. If it's not a bother to leave the BBAW site up, I think you should.
I switched to The Old Reader - it works a lot like GR, and I didn't have the patience to learn feedly. :)
I tried Feedly and it just didn't click for me. I am now using Thunderbird (which is also my email client), so my reader is actually a local application on my PC, which does not reside on servers out on the internet. I love this setup -- is it very fast and displays in a much nicer-looking and faster window.
I'm using Feedly but it doesn't please me as much as Google Reader did. I was hoping that after a brief adjustment period I would love it even better than Google Reader, and maybe I'm just failing to take advantage of features I don't know about and haven't bothered to research, but bleh, I miss Google Reader.
Ugh. I know I need to switch
That comment was longer before I posted it. :) I have six days before I switch and I am just putting it off. I do the same thing with looking up things on my phone. We need a Book IMDB. So I guess that would be IBDB? ha!
I've been using Feedly for a while now. I'm pretty used to it now, but I use it at a pretty basic level. I start by seeing what blogs have unread posts through the Index view. Then I click on the blog that I want to catch up on. I like to save posts that I comment on so I can check back later to see if the blogger responded to my comment, so I use the 'save for later' bookmark icon for that purpose. That's pretty much all I do with feedly. I tried using a tag once, but I think I messed it up somehow and the post I tagged disappeared.
I actually thought transitioning to Feedly was pretty easy, and I had a lot easier time getting things organized than I ever did in GR. The big test will be when GR is no more - we'll see if Feedly crashes or something. I can just see all my feeds disappearing....
My husband is the "looker upper" in our house - he is constantly on IMDB the entire time we are watching something. =)
My husband is the "looker upper" in our house - he is constantly on IMDB the entire time we are watching something. =)
My Twitter background is just a free one and my header is a photo I took. It works for me!
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