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1 <!doctype html> 2 <html lang="en"> 3 <head> 4 <meta charset="utf-8"> 5 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> 6 <title>Google Reader - Chris Bracken</title> 7 <link href="/css/site.css" rel="stylesheet"> 8 <link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="/favicon/apple-touch-icon.png"> 9 <link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="32x32" href="/favicon/favicon-32x32.png"> 10 <link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="16x16" href="/favicon/favicon-16x16.png"> 11 <link rel="manifest" href="/favicon/site.webmanifest"> 12 <link rel="mask-icon" href="/favicon/safari-pinned-tab.svg" color="#140f42"> 13 <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon/favicon.ico"> 14 <meta name="msapplication-TileColor" content="#603cba"> 15 <meta name="msapplication-config" content="/favicon/browserconfig.xml"> 16 <meta name="theme-color" content="#ffffff"> 17 </head> 18 <body> 19 <header id="header"> 20 <div class="site-title"> 21 <h1><a href="/">Chris Bracken</a></h1> 22 </div> 23 24 <nav class="site-navbar"> 25 <ul id="menu" class="menu"> 26 <li class="menu-item"><a class="menu-item-a" href="/">Home</a></li> 27 <li class="menu-item"><a class="menu-item-a" href="/about/">About</a></li> 28 <li class="menu-item"><a class="menu-item-a" href="/code/">Code</a></li> 29 <li class="menu-item"><a class="menu-item-a" rel="me"href="https://bsd.network/@cbracken">Fediverse</a></li> 30 </ul> 31 </nav> 32 </header> 33 <main id="main"> 34 <article> 35 <h2 class="post-title"><a href="https://chris.bracken.jp/2007/05/google-reader/">Google Reader</a></h2> 36 30 May 2007 37 <p>For years, I’ve been a fan of <a href="http://inessential.com/">Brent Simmons’</a> OS X-based feed 38 reader, <a href="http://www.newsgator.com/Individuals/NetNewsWire/">NetNewsWire</a>. It’s a fantastic application, and I’ve definitely 39 got my money’s worth out of it. After partnering with <a href="http://newsgator.com/">NewsGator</a>, I 40 started using their online feed-reader on and off, with mixed 41 results. I like that it keeps my feeds in sync between my computers, 42 and that I can browse articles at lunch, but the interface is still not on par 43 with NetNewsWire itself.</p> 44 <p>While NewsGator’s implementation was lacking, I really did like the idea of 45 dropping the desktop app altogether and going with a fully online solution, so 46 I started exploring other options. The obvious free alternative is <a href="http://www.google.com/reader/">Google 47 Reader</a>, and I have to say, I’m impressed. While the 48 presentation isn’t as customizable as NetNewsWire, the functionality that I use 49 is all there, and in fact, it has some extra search features that I miss on the 50 desktop. It was only when I launched NetNewsWire today and saw 290 unread 51 items, that it hit me I hadn’t used it in almost a month. So while I look 52 forward to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hicksdesign/210309912/">NetNewsWire 3</a>, I’m sticking to Google Reader for the time 53 being.</p> 54 <figure><img src="/post/2007-05-30-google-reader.png" 55 alt="Google reader graph of usage by hour of day"> 56 </figure> 57 58 <p>I also discovered that my prime news reading hours are apparently 6:30am to 59 7:30am and 9pm to 11pm, with a strange local maximum straggling out around 60 12:30am. I’d be curious to compare this to <em>before</em> I had a baby that woke me 61 up around that time.</p> 62 <p><em>Update (2007-06-06):</em> NetNewsWire 3.0 is now out.</p> 63 </article> 64 </main> 65 66 <footer id="footer"> 67 <div class="copyright"> 68 <span xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"> 69 The content of this site by 70 <a rel="cc:attributionURL" href="https://chris.bracken.jp/about"><span rel="cc:attributionName">Chris Bracken</span></a> 71 is 72 <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0">CC BY 4.0</a>. 73 </span> 74 </div> 75 </footer> 76 </body> 77 </html>