It’s perhaps sad that I look for ways to maximize my reading efficiency, but I can’t keep up with everything I want to keep up with. I like making sense of the world through connections and ideas and stories. So I’m constantly reading, usually on my iPhone and MacBook, the news and blogs and articles and books.
Google just announced they’re shutting down Google Reader in 3 months. If you don’t know what that is it’s a magical tool that takes anything I want to read on the internet and puts it in one scrollable place. I don’t have to visit every website because every website comes to me. Magical, yes.
The Google Reader community is understandably pissed. Many bloggers will lose a chunk of their readership. I don’t know if anyone uses GR to read my blog, but if you do just switch over to Feedly on your favorite web browser and you’ll be good to go. I even got the app. I think it will be better than GR and it has a nicer looking design.
Other tools I use everyday and can’t do without in my reading/writing efficiency toolbox: Flipboard app for iPhone, Instapaper, and Evernote. If you want to shop around for RSS readers maybe sift through this reddit discussion with lots of links.
Ross Gale is a writer and editor from the Pacific Northwest. 
I’ve used Pulse with some success as well. You can use it to follow any sites.
Interesting. I must admit I haven’t even used my Google Reader lately but have still been able to visit my favorite blogs. Will check out the other sites though. Thanks!
A lot of companies seem to like to change things I suppose thinking it keeps them fresh and on the cutting edge. Personally I just wish they’d leave things alone when they work okay.
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