Google Reader is going buh-bye July 1, 2013.
Me no likey.
Yes, I've used Google Reader religiously to read blogs.
And as of late, you all can see how crucial that has been in my life.
*shame face*
Well. Sorry.
But I've got other things going on in my life!
Like getting nuked a little here and nuked a little there.
Yes, I'm currently going through my second round of radiation therapy.
They founds a tumor on my lumbar #4!
How rude.
Cancer is verra verra rude.
But the tumor explains the months and months of horrendous back aches. And now we're shrinking that sucker.
Unfortunately, she won't be rid of completely, cuz Metastatic Breast Cancer is a LEECH. And she won't evah go away.
If she did?
Lots of
Because, you're reading this here FIRST, cancer is a billion dollar industry.
Whoo-wee.
And it keeps insisting that I help support it.
Me no likey.
Anyhoo, back to the topic that is really important.
No more Google Reader.
Dagnabbit!
I liked having all the blogs I follow right there, all together. I even did some organizing on it. I had my "Must read blogs!" The "Once a week check on this blog," and the "I forgot why I followed this blog" lists.
Yep. I won't tell any of YOU which group you belonged to.
Because I am a kind loon.
At times.
And it was so nice having bold blog titles to alert me that one of you had written something.
By the way, some of you out there? You haven't written for many, many moons.
*raised eyebrows*
Ahem.
But now?
What to do? What to do?
Oh, use the Blogger Dashboard page that shows all the blogs I'm following (unless you're WordPress!)?
But going to the Blogger Dashboard page reminds me of how little I've blogged lately. I'll see that little pencil urging me to write. Write. Write, you crazy loon. WRITE! Write what? Write SOMETHING!
HA!
That means I'll be feeling even more guilt than usual.
And I don't do guilt well.
Unless I'm doling it out.
Now that's a whole other story.
Let me know if you'd like some.
I'm sure I can oblige.
A lot.
B.S. No blogs were harmed during the production of this post.
16 comments:
The reader going away will mess a whole bunch of people up.
I wish it was as easy to make that dumb tumor go away!
Thanks for reading.
Never used Google Reader. I always relied on bookmarking my favourite blogs.
I hope you're doing well, Quirks. The cancer news sucks. And radiation therapy can take a heck of a lot out of you. I'm thinking nothing but good thoughts.
Try RSSOwl - you've got to download it onto your desktop, but after that it's all plain sailing (also links to gReader so you don't have to do all that painful exporting/importing...)!
Looks like Outlook, has all that bold/starred/unread crap so it's all funcy and sh*tz. I swapped into it after I learned of the untimely demise of gReader, and gotta say - I love it so far!
Also, sorry about the whole tumor thing - Cancer's a bitch. Hope they're at least giving you lots of fun pills to munch like tic tacs...
I will be starting this week digging around trying to figure out what service to start using. I love Google Reader and am really going to miss it.
I've never used the google reader thingy... was I missing something? Make google take that cancer thing with it when they go! Me no likey! But me likey you!
Begone danged spot....er...tumor!
Too bad Google said the same thing about the reader.
How dare that tumor come bothering you. I don't likee that for you, Quirkyloon. I hope that your treatment takes care of the lil SOB.
As for Google Reader...I use it for all the blogs that I follow..even Wordpress. I put Wordpress in there by using their URLS.
I am going to try to find another feed reader to keep all the blogs I follow all together.
I am seriously tired of Google and their continual changes.
I switched to Feedly which has a similar setup to Google Reader. You should try it!
I don't like this tumor news, btw. At all.
I've never tried Google Reader myself preferring to ignore bookmarked blogs instead, but I can see how useful in theory it could be. I'm lousy at keeping up with my own blog let alone reading others lately. But I'm working on that.
So sorry Quirks to hear about the tumor and all that related nastiness. That really bites. I wish you the best with your treatment.
Uh. . . I just discovered my google reader last week when I got lost on my own comment page.. it happens.
I just read the blogs I list on my sidebar, and the few who leave comments.
As for not feeling guilt, you should give yourself more credit. Never have I known a person more guilty than you....wait....did I say that right?
Damn that cancer & google!
I got Feedly before I heard about google reader & I like it so far but have so many blogs on google reader that I still have to transfer. Fun!!
I know you have me in the "I have to keep reading this guy because I just know he's going to go postal someday" list.
I wish I could come to where you are and go postal on that tumor. Grrrrrrr.
Prayer being said as soon as this posts, and you'll be in my prayers at night, too.
XXXOOO
First of all, it SUCKS that you have cancer and it really pisses me off that it's a billion-dollar industry, too.
Google is also a billion-dollar industry, but if they don't stop messing around with people they're going to be reduced to a mere million-dollar pittance real soon. I don't even use them for searches anymore since they decided that they know me ohhhhh so damn well they can just give me what they think I want and nothing more. I'll tell you what I want, Google. I want choices. And I want the damn reader, too.
Google executives would be severely harmed if I could just find one.
Google: "The Old Reader" they are trying to fix the mess that google is doing by taking the Reader away. You can import your blog subscriptions in to it. Save your stuff on google, with TAKEOUT, Search in settings, and then import into The Old Reader.
I just switched to Feedly. Until Reader closes, it will import all your subscriptions automatically. I didn't even need to use Google Takeout.
Sorry to hear about the cancer. I just got through chemo and radiation myself and am holding my breath until my first followup tests. It sucks. Keep kicking its ass.
How are you doing, darling? I hope all is going well. Please give us an update. There are folks out here who love you, you know?
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