http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/10/07/google-reader-big-blue-chunky-water-wings It's all spinning wheels and self-doubt until the first pot of coffee. Sat, 17 May 2008 07:01:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6-bleeding http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/10/07/google-reader-big-blue-chunky-water-wings#comment-55339 Google Reader | scottyallen.com Sun, 03 Dec 2006 20:06:46 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/?p=724#comment-55339 <p>[...] So, I’ve been playing with Google Reader a bit, and overall, it’s another slick Google AJAX app. However, I agree with Les over at OxDECAFBAD that it doesn’t really meet the needs of people who are used to reading lots and lots of feeds: Anyway, what I look for in a feed reader is how well it enables speed skimming: I’m going to ignore 70-90% of what I see in feeds, so I don’t want an aggregator which helps me carefully and methodically pick my way across the headlines.No, I want something which lets me scream through feeds as fast as my eyes can move and a finger can slap the space bar. I’ll queue up what I really want to read in browser tabs or some other temporary storage, but I’m not going to want to spend more than a split second on a headline. [...]</p> [...] So, I’ve been playing with Google Reader a bit, and overall, it’s another slick Google AJAX app. However, I agree with Les over at OxDECAFBAD that it doesn’t really meet the needs of people who are used to reading lots and lots of feeds: Anyway, what I look for in a feed reader is how well it enables speed skimming: I’m going to ignore 70-90% of what I see in feeds, so I don’t want an aggregator which helps me carefully and methodically pick my way across the headlines.No, I want something which lets me scream through feeds as fast as my eyes can move and a finger can slap the space bar. I’ll queue up what I really want to read in browser tabs or some other temporary storage, but I’m not going to want to spend more than a split second on a headline. [...]

]]> http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/10/07/google-reader-big-blue-chunky-water-wings#comment-2458 Danny Ayers, Raw Blog : » Google Reader Wed, 12 Oct 2005 08:58:19 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/?p=724#comment-2458 <p>[...] As co-author of the world’s leading book on syndication* I guess I’m obliged to say a little more about Google’s Reader. Like certain other authors of leading books on syndication my first impressions were largely negative, but got significantly better. Les Orchard wins the prize for best put-down: Big, blue, chunky water-wings. His follow-up is sharp: Thing is, Reader is so good at being what it is. I’m just critical because it’s good at being what I don’t want. [...]</p> [...] As co-author of the world’s leading book on syndication* I guess I’m obliged to say a little more about Google’s Reader. Like certain other authors of leading books on syndication my first impressions were largely negative, but got significantly better. Les Orchard wins the prize for best put-down: Big, blue, chunky water-wings. His follow-up is sharp: Thing is, Reader is so good at being what it is. I’m just critical because it’s good at being what I don’t want. [...]

]]> http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/10/07/google-reader-big-blue-chunky-water-wings#comment-2239 wtf…? » Google Reader Sat, 08 Oct 2005 14:30:33 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/?p=724#comment-2239 <p>[...] Google has released a web-based RSS reader and aggregator that is pretty nice. You can read all posts from all the feeds you subscribe to in a chronological order, or you can just read from a specific feed. It has lots of AJAX and a pretty smooth interface with shortcut keys that really speed up using it, although some people say it’s too slow. But I don’t read 1000 feeds. My issue with it is that it’s web-based, and while I’m employed building web software and I love the web as a universal platform, I still have to go to the website when I want to read my feeds, they’re not delivered to my desktop like in my email client. I’ll see how it goes. [...]</p> [...] Google has released a web-based RSS reader and aggregator that is pretty nice. You can read all posts from all the feeds you subscribe to in a chronological order, or you can just read from a specific feed. It has lots of AJAX and a pretty smooth interface with shortcut keys that really speed up using it, although some people say it’s too slow. But I don’t read 1000 feeds. My issue with it is that it’s web-based, and while I’m employed building web software and I love the web as a universal platform, I still have to go to the website when I want to read my feeds, they’re not delivered to my desktop like in my email client. I’ll see how it goes. [...]

]]> http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/10/07/google-reader-big-blue-chunky-water-wings#comment-2237 Ben Mason Fri, 07 Oct 2005 22:40:07 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/?p=724#comment-2237 <p>the google new reader <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/su1droot/50299167/" rel="nofollow">HATED</a> my OPML from bloglines with is arounf 150 deep.</p> the google new reader HATED my OPML from bloglines with is arounf 150 deep.

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