RSS Migration
So I’ve begun to migrate some of my desktop-based apps to the web in recent weeks, primarily to adapt to PC work-life - Mac home-life. The most recent ‘victim’ has been NNW. I love the app, and really like Brent and the work he’s done. However, I’m seeing less value in a desktop app for feed reading when there’s a viable web-alternative. I’ve started to stray from ‘flagging’ items and instead, if I deem a post worthy of archival, it get’s marked in ma.gnolia. This way I have a tagged/social record of the posts I like that’s easily retrievable and contextual (via posts/marked date/etc). It’s cross-platform, portable and clean. I hate the Google Reader look & feel, and the ajax lag for onClick kills me, but those issues don’t diminish the overall value. And as a result my love for Ma.gnolia continues to bloom…





I gave Google Reader a try a few weeks ago and wasn’t too thrilled with the reading experience. I agree though, that an online app is much better than desktop software. It would also give me a way to read feeds on my iphone when I’m stuck somewhere. Ha!
Maybe Hicks’ Google Reader theme can help. I installed it and it was way better than the default!