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Poll: Do you use Google Reader on a daily basis?

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Re: Poll: Do you use Google Reader on a daily basis?

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Wow! This is a _weekend_ project? It looks very slick! How many weekends if I may ask?

Been working on it for 2 years now. But only as a side-project. I also worked on it on the A train in NYC for a year, about 30 minutes each direction. And I now get to work on it for an hour and a half a day when on Caltrain (SF -> Mountain View). Check the git history on GitHub. This has been by no means an easy feat, but little by little, you can build a 6-server service (and learn about every single component in t…

You, sir, are an inspiration! /me takes hat off.

Re: Poll: Do you use Google Reader on a daily basis?

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I used to use Google Reader, but I found that I missed seeing the original site and that I couldn't easily filter out stories I didn't want to read. So I built NewsBlur -- http://www.newsblur.com . It's open-source and I'd love if more folks followed my development: http://github.com/samuelclay . It's been a weekend project but it's been a wild ride so far. One of my main goals is to have much of the functionality of…

Do you know if there is a way to export all my data from google reader (including stars and likes) and import'em in newsblur? I know google would let me export the list of my subscriptions but what about the rest?

Re: Poll: Do you use Google Reader on a daily basis?

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post #76

I used to use Google Reader, but I found that I missed seeing the original site and that I couldn't easily filter out stories I didn't want to read. So I built NewsBlur -- http://www.newsblur.com . It's open-source and I'd love if more folks followed my development: http://github.com/samuelclay . It's been a weekend project but it's been a wild ride so far. One of my main goals is to have much of the functionality of…

Do you know if there is a way to export all my data from google reader (including stars and likes) and import'em in newsblur? I know google would let me export the list of my subscriptions but what about the rest?

The API does offer an import OPML option, so I assume the website does too. Unfortunately, I've gone and forgotten my newsblur login/password combo, and so can't verify that for you.
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