Gone Google Gone
Like many of you, I was disappointed that Google will be discontinuing Google Reader. Reader has been my go to service for blog reading. Over the years I have created lots of folders/tags and starred my favorite blog posts and authors. My work will disappear on July 1.
You Are Not Alone
What to Do Before the Big Kid Packs Up its Sandbox
I don't claim to understand the inner workings of such a massive company or the reasoning behind this decision, but I do know they have made it pretty clear to me that they don't care if I depend on their product. They are packing up their pail and shovel and leaving the sand box. Actually they are taking the sandbox too and telling me to pick up my sand and bring it somewhere else.
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All. Those. Grains. Of. Sand. All those blogs. My folders. My stars. What to do?
Gather Your Stars
Clean Up Your Folders
Here is a view of my subscriptions in Google Reader:
Note that all of the blogs are assigned to a folder. There are no 'loose' blogs at the bottom of my subscription list.
If you have loose blogs,
Take Your Sand er Blogs Over to the feedly Sandbox
Ok, your blogs are organized
and you've got your starred blogs in a favorites folder. Head over to feedly. feedly has made it super easy to migrate your Google Reader blog reading to their platform. Click on Connect to Google Reader and enter your Google log-in and you are done. Your folders will appear on the left and you will be good to read.
Right now it is super easy, but after July 1st, you will no longer be able to do it this way. Whether you decide to use feedly or another sandbox, it is important to act now rather than wait until the sand is flowing through your fingers and your favorite blogs are blowing in the wind.
What have you decided to do about Google Reader?
Scrappy Gen
Let's Remember!
Like many of you, I was disappointed that Google will be discontinuing Google Reader. Reader has been my go to service for blog reading. Over the years I have created lots of folders/tags and starred my favorite blog posts and authors. My work will disappear on July 1.
You Are Not Alone
There are many people bummed about the demise of Reader. Dan Lewis of New York started a petition on change.org; Google: Keep Google Reader Running. As of today it has been signed by 147,509 people. Signing a petition may or may not influence Google, but my choice is to let Reader go, to not sign any petitions and to get out while I can.
What to Do Before the Big Kid Packs Up its Sandbox
I don't claim to understand the inner workings of such a massive company or the reasoning behind this decision, but I do know they have made it pretty clear to me that they don't care if I depend on their product. They are packing up their pail and shovel and leaving the sand box. Actually they are taking the sandbox too and telling me to pick up my sand and bring it somewhere else.
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All. Those. Grains. Of. Sand. All those blogs. My folders. My stars. What to do?
Gather Your Stars
- Create a new folder in Reader called Favorites. (I know, still using Google Reader, but I have a plan!)
- Go to starred items. Add any blog with numerous starred posts to your new Favorites folder.
- Save any starred posts you can't live without.
Clean Up Your Folders
Here is a view of my subscriptions in Google Reader:
If you have loose blogs,
- click on Reader Settings (upper right, click drop down arrow next to
). - click on Subscriptions tab. Each subscription will be followed by a change folders box.
- click on the folder(s) to which you want to assign each blog. Do this until all of the blogs are assigned.
Take Your Sand er Blogs Over to the feedly Sandbox
Ok, your blogs are organized and you've got your starred blogs in a favorites folder. Head over to feedly. feedly has made it super easy to migrate your Google Reader blog reading to their platform. Click on Connect to Google Reader and enter your Google log-in and you are done. Your folders will appear on the left and you will be good to read.
Small Print
feedly creates an account and syncs with your Google Reader account. When Google takes its sandbox away on July 1, 2013, "feedly will have a copy of your feeds and categories. Instead of serving the article from Google Reader, the content will be served from a feedly server called Normandy."
Right now it is super easy, but after July 1st, you will no longer be able to do it this way. Whether you decide to use feedly or another sandbox, it is important to act now rather than wait until the sand is flowing through your fingers and your favorite blogs are blowing in the wind.
What have you decided to do about Google Reader?
Scrappy Gen
Let's Remember!
