Plan A Has Failed
Not surprisingly, my first approach to dealing with Google Reader's impending doom on July 1--just ignoring it and hope something will change--has failed. It's one of my favorite methods, though to be honest, I can't think of a single time when it's actually worked. So, it's time for plan B: choosing a new reader. Thanks to everyone who shared their thoughts earlier. I have narrowed it down to two choices ( The Old Reader and Comma Feed ), and last night I set up both of them. So far, I don't like either of them simply because I don't want to change. I had already changed once TO Google Reader, so I'm still grumpy about having to switch to something new. So I'm giving them both a test run to see which seems least likely to make me switch yet again. It might seem odd that someone who keeps a blog is so hostile to technology, but it really isn't odd at all. I'm 42, so depending on what one defines as the "computer age beginnin...