{"id":2312,"date":"2013-03-23T22:41:19","date_gmt":"2013-03-24T05:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dresan.com\/blog\/?p=2312"},"modified":"2013-03-23T22:41:19","modified_gmt":"2013-03-24T05:41:19","slug":"back-to-the-future-with-the-old-reader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/23\/back-to-the-future-with-the-old-reader\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to the Future with the Old Reader"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As I mentioned in a previous post, Google Reader is going away<\/a>. If you don’t use RSS feeds<\/a>, this service may be mystifying to you, but think of it this way: imagine, instead of getting a bunch of Facebook, Google+ or Twitter randomized micro-posts, you could get a steady stream of high-quality articles just from the people you like and admire? Yeah. RSS. It’s like that.<\/p>\n

So anyway, the Reader shutdown. I have a lot of thoughts about that, as do many<\/a> other<\/a> people<\/a>, but the first one is: what the heck do I do? I use Reader on average about seven times a day. I’m certainly not going to hope Google change their minds, and even if they do, my trust is gone. Fortunately, there are a number of alternatives, which people have blogged about here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The one I want to report on today is The Old Reader<\/a>, the first one I tried. AWESOME. In more detail, this is what I found:<\/p>\n