Don't Back Down

Posted by Chad Everett on November 8, 2007

Improving the Online Aggregator Experience »

Some time ago (has it really been four years?) I started using an online RSS aggregator to manage my addiction. It was just easier than a desktop application because then I didn't have to worry about syncing subscriptions or keeping up with what was read and what wasn't read or even installing applications. And yes, I know that there are applications that do this, but I'm sorry, I just couldn't get into them. Doing it with an online service is just so much easier.

For a long, long time I was a fan of Bloglines - mostly because it was the first, but then because it was the best. But when they were acquired by Ask it just changed. It's not that they weren't as good, it's just that it didn't change much anymore, and Google Reader was better. Sorry, but NewsGator never really did it for me. But then Google Reader didn't change for a long time.

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