http://www.idkfa.com/v3 idkfa: syndicated http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5007&msg_id=5013 Their status page speaks to their "lack of updates" issue being another symptom of their influx of folks. Also, finally figured out how to do folders, which makes the management of my feeds a good deal better. I also like their feature where they show "dead feeds," either that have dropped off the face of the Internet, or that haven't updated in more than a year. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Cognitive Surplus Sat, 16 Mar 2013 13:38:25 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5007&msg_id=5013 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5007&msg_id=5012 Eh... two days in a row they can't accurately tell me what I've read and what I haven't. I'll keep them around, but either I'm missing something, or they've got some work to do. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Cognitive Surplus Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:41:56 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5007&msg_id=5012 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5007&msg_id=5010 The Old Reader supports using Google's single sign on stuff, so the login bits should be fairly straightforward. I'll let you know how it fares when the dust settles. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Cognitive Surplus Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:35:43 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5007&msg_id=5010 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5007&msg_id=5009 Were you on twitter yesterday? Because twitter exploded. I'm hearing different ideas for replacements. Article on replacements Mostly I'm hearing about feedly which has an iPad app which would be interesting. Yesterday most of the possible replacements seemed to be having server trouble with all the google reader refugees. What I love about google reader is that since I use google mail, it is one click over. It isn't a separate log in and system. Years ago I used bloglines which seems to be stupid and local focused now. I tried last month to convince David to use an RSS feed, but no luck. For me it is essential. I read several blogs (librarian, management, knitting) that post erratically. I also use it for my webcomics. The reader knows how far "behind" I am on any given item without me guessing. This bugs me a lot. Let me know what you think of the old reader. I may let the early adopter refugees test out the waters for the first week or two and see what the consensus seems to be. lizinthelibrary@idkfa.com (lizinthelibrary) Cognitive Surplus Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:30:42 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5007&msg_id=5009 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5007&msg_id=5008 Uh, accessing this morning, it appears to be falling apart under load. I'll get back to you on that. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Cognitive Surplus Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:45:44 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5007&msg_id=5008 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5007&msg_id=5007 Because my Internet addiction requires automated tools to support, having Google announce that their Reader application is going down come July was annoying. Where appropriate, Reader is largely how I stay on stop of things that I care to stay on top of, and catch up with things that I miss. I treated it as my "choice meats" of the Internet, giving cognitive surplus first to my feeds, then to having the rest of the Internt wash over me like warm surf. But anyhow. A tool is a tool. And it's time to migrate. I'm currently looking at The Old Reader to see how it matches up. I'm not sure I like that I can't group my feeds into tags/folders, but maybe I shouldn't have 100 feeds to clutter the screen to begin with (paired down from 140, I'll have you know). I enjoy that it has the "sharing" feature Google Reader had prior to Google Plus migration. If enough people were on there, I would feel slightly less guilty about littering somebody's inbox with horrible shit. Or, you know, go play outside or something. Or shorten your URLs for Twitter. ---- Since January 29, 2006 you have read a total of 69,065 items. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Cognitive Surplus Thu, 14 Mar 2013 03:03:48 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5007&msg_id=5007