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Hype Is Not The Problem, Reality Is

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Frank

The reaction to the Motorola X announcement yesterday is fascinating. Most of the reaction that I have seen on Google+ and Twitter has been negative, with most of the negative comments claiming to be a reaction to hype about the … Continue reading →

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Get Your Own River

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Frank

The problem with the River format of displaying RSS feeds is that it is not the default setup for services like Feedly. If you are willing to simply read feeds curated by someone else, Dave provides several different topic based … Continue reading →

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Inbox versus River

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Frank

The primary way that users view their RSS feeds, as made popular by Google Reader, is similar to an email inbox, with new articles listed in reverse chronological order and accumulate until the user reads them or marks them as … Continue reading →

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There Is Still Time To Back Up Your Google Reader Subscriptions

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Frank

Chances are good that because you are reading this blog post you know that Google Reader has been shut down. Several months ago Google announced that they were shutting down a number of different apps and services to focus their … Continue reading →

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Selecting Pocket Casts

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Frank

I am a long time listener to podcasts. Originally, I listened to podcasts using my iPod Touch, but the iPod then didn’t provide a way to make a playlist of podcasts so once an episode completed you had to manually … Continue reading →

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