Terry Storch, over on Twitter, noticed I was slamming Google Reader and wrote “is it me…or did you go from Google Reader being the best thing in tech, to Google Reader sucks? Hot or Not with Scoble…” Yes, two years ago I thought Google Reader was the best thing to come along for news freaks … Continue reading Why I switch services so often (why I don't use Google Reader anymore)
An hour or so ago I wrote a post over on my Posterous Blog about why I don’t use Google Reader much anymore and it’s already gotten a ton of interesting comments and been viewed 1,600 times. Since it’s the middle of the night in San Francisco, that tells me it was a popular post … Continue reading Why I don't use Google Reader anymore
Edwin Khodabakchian founder of Feedly yesterday showed me why Feedly is cool (I recorded him telling me about what makes Feedly special and demoing these new features): it combines inputs from Google Reader, friendfeed, twitter, and elsewhere to make an interesting news display, but now it also — as you surf around the web — … Continue reading New Feedly combines Google Reader, friendfeed, Twitter in great way for social network addicts
I am playing with the new Google Reader for iPhone. Where am I playing with it? I’m sitting in the middle of Google’s campus. I’m still very disappointed. Here’s some of my disappointment: 1. Can’t share items from top level, like I can on Web page. 2. Can’t add notes to items, like I can … Continue reading New Google Reader on iPhone? Bah!
I love the idea of Google Reader’s new “share note” feature, but find it lacking in implementation — watch along in this video review. What’s really wrong with it? 1. It’s breaking on my machines. No way to cancel note that I can see, and UI is not coming up. I’m sure that’s a temporary … Continue reading Google Reader's new "share note" feature: the video review
I just switched all my home pages off of TechMeme to FriendFeed. I find that TechMeme has become a Google News killer. All I see on it is big media companies (including me, who works at Fast Company). I miss the individual voices and I think that’s really why FriendFeed has gotten my attention. Well, … Continue reading The TechMeme killer or the Google Reader killer?
Looking back on it I’m wondering if the Google Reader team could have done a few things differently in the PR realm? Looking at the advice to startups that ReadWriteWeb gave the answer is clear: yes. Did the Google Reader team show anyone at a conference the new feature? No. Strike @1. Did the Google … Continue reading Could Google Reader team have done a better PR job?