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Re: Google Reader shutting down

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Post by SeppoErviala »

chrisbolt wrote: post #333
SeppoErviala wrote: post #267

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I would like more powerful filtering options and better recommendations. For example, Hacker News feed is impossible to follow as RSS on reader as it has too high volume (for me at least). I would be content with ~40 daily recommendations. Google reader had decent random recommendations before the G+ update. I believe that a good recommendation system can guess relevant items for given user, but that was not what goo…

I long ago switched to the Hacker News 100 feed: http://talkfast.org/2010/07/23/a-cure-for-hacker-news-overlo...

Thanks! This should really be listed in the HN/rss page.

Re: Google Reader shutting down

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Post by andyking »

ciupicri wrote: post #385
DavidAdams wrote: post #87

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Any geek who relies on a domain name that belongs to someone else for their give-out-to-people, permanent email address needs to have his or her membership card revoked. Even if it's a domain that's owned by Google. Get a domain name.

Out of curiosity, what domain name should people choose, one based on their full name? If so, what happens when it has been already taken?

I have a really common name - it was taken in all permutations of domains for years. So I jumped on it when the .eu domain names came out, and I've happily used that for a long time now. See what you can find in a more "obscure" TLD.

Re: Google Reader shutting down

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Post by bruceboughton »

fludlight wrote: post #390
spinchange wrote: post #294

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More like let's see how much longer Google Apps will last in the enterprise. I am NOT a big MS fan, but Windows & Office is still a major factor for businesses and a big part of the Apps allure was that it was interoperable with existing Windows/Office deployments. As enterprises using Apps upgrade and find that they no longer sync with any of their brand new software, people are going to be very upset - particularly…

Would you be interested in a Google Calendar API to CalDAV translator program or service?

That seems like a backward step.

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Post by johnsbrayton »

joonix wrote: post #124
cma wrote: post #38

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You can get all your Gmail data over standard IMAP. If you don't take advantage that to make personal backups, you are a fool.

Is there software that connects over IMAP and archives all your mail into one file? Not an email client.

My Mac app, CloudPull, will do exactly that. It will also back up Google Reader, Google Calendar, Google Contacts, and Google Drive. http://www.goldenhillsoftware.com/cloudpull/

Re: Google Reader shutting down

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Post by quotemstr »

sigil wrote: post #446
klausa wrote: post #2

That's the first Google service shutdown that I'm affected by. Sad to see it go. What do you guys recommend for replacement? I know about NewsBlur [1], but I never liked it that much. I think I'm just looking for something that would emulate Reader's full-screen view as close as possible. [1] http://newsblur.com edit: Here's what I consider an absolute must-have in RSS app: - complete navigation with keyboard (j/k pr…

Based on your must-have list, a good low-tech solution might be an RSS to email gateway. Then your mail client becomes your RSS client. Gmail has j/k key bindings, is relatively unadorned, and facilitates your skim / skip workflow. Excerpts might require some work, but perhaps you could coerce them into the subject line. Aaron Swartz wrote a nice RSS to email gateway btw: http://www.allthingsrss.com/rss2email/ I have…

"Low-tech"? Email is the best way to read RSS! Email has all the features of high-end RSS headers:

  * Remember your read messages, even across clients
  * Star and read for later
  * Cross-platform
  * Configurable archiving
  * Keyword filtering
  * Search past articles
  * Organize feeds into folders using configurable rules
  * Social! (Use the "forward" button.)
What's not to like about email?

Re: Google Reader shutting down

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Post by xlevus »

conesus wrote: post #13

This has been a long time coming. Four years ago I began work on my own feed reader, NewsBlur, and it's now a full-fledged Google Reader competitor. It's also a paid app and has been paying for itself nearly since the beginning. http://www.newsblur.com I hope HN finds NewsBlur useful, especially since it's got native mobile apps on iOS (iPhone+iPad), Android, Windows Phone, and Nokia MeeGo. Native story sharing was l…

When did you lower the number of enabled feeds to 12?

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Post by sachingulaya »

recuter wrote: post #62
conesus wrote: post #13

This has been a long time coming. Four years ago I began work on my own feed reader, NewsBlur, and it's now a full-fledged Google Reader competitor. It's also a paid app and has been paying for itself nearly since the beginning. http://www.newsblur.com I hope HN finds NewsBlur useful, especially since it's got native mobile apps on iOS (iPhone+iPad), Android, Windows Phone, and Nokia MeeGo. Native story sharing was l…

It is often asked of startup founders 'what if Google starts doing what you do?', a valid question. Perhaps it is worth contemplating products too small for Google to concern themselves with, ones they might abandon, that would still be an attractive opportunity for the rest of us. I've been rooting for you and recall enjoying the blog posts about its making - I've always figured that "RSS is dead" and there is no lo…

Similarly, who are customers that are neglected by the big players?

In my industry merchant accounts are very difficult to come by. We are considered high risk. Even with a year of processing records showing 1 chargeback out of >3k transactions I can't get access to a merchant with decent rates(currently paying 3.7%). All the big players turn us away. There's gold to be mined off the beaten path.

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Post by lucian1900 »

jeffehobbs wrote: post #133
mh- wrote: post #96

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I'm looking at FaF but not seeing how this works with Reeder?

It's true, Fever is an Account type for Reeder. http://shawnblanc.net/2012/06/review-reeder-3-for-iphone/

Ah, but just for the iPhone client, which is the only one I don't use (as I have an Android phone).

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Post by Heliosmaster »

xlevus wrote: post #557
conesus wrote: post #13

This has been a long time coming. Four years ago I began work on my own feed reader, NewsBlur, and it's now a full-fledged Google Reader competitor. It's also a paid app and has been paying for itself nearly since the beginning. http://www.newsblur.com I hope HN finds NewsBlur useful, especially since it's got native mobile apps on iOS (iPhone+iPad), Android, Windows Phone, and Nokia MeeGo. Native story sharing was l…

When did you lower the number of enabled feeds to 12?

When he realized that the traffic would be too much, and money would probably pour: https://twitter.com/NewsBlur/status/312025565815255040
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