If you read this blog with any regularity, you’ll notice that I haven’t been posting very often the past few months. The reason for that is that I have a great many things clawing for my attention. Chief among them are work, late-night classes, my two little boys, and my photography hobby. Despite all that, I still like to stay up to speed on new technology news. An awesome tool that helps me sift through all of the electronic noise these days is Feedly, a cloud-based RSS reader that can aggregate a vast number of Internet sources into a beautiful, easy to consume, and customizable view.
RSS readers have been available for more than a decade. The
most popular of those, Google Reader, is the reason I’m writing this post. Many online have lamented Google’s recent announcement detailing the death of Reader. I too was annoyed at first.
Google is notorious for experimenting, keeping everything in “beta”, and then
killing a product you've come to rely on with little notice. In this case
though, I’m actually excited. Without the torrent of negative press surrounding
Google’s decision, I would never have discovered the awesomeness that is
Feedly.
