Well I knew it would happen; I would get so busy and not post on this blog of mine. I actually have like 3 posts I need to make but just have not made them yet. Meh..
In any case I wanted to write a small blip about the changes to Google Reader. ( Google blog post ) When I first head about the plan to better integrate Google Plus and Google Reade, I was a bit worried. You see, I still did not have a Google plus account This was not by choice, but because I was a Google Apps user (with my logiclodge.com name). Google did not allow Apps accounts to sign up. Well last week Google (finally) made Google Plus available to Apps accounts like mine. Now that I could finally use Google Plus, I had no qualms about more integration between Reader and Plus, provided it was done right. The merge of Google Reader and Google Plus seemed inevitable and kinda obvious IMHO. There was a fair bit of overlap of features, and some things would just make sense together. Unfortunately, it does not appear it was done right at all, and much of Google Reader's functionality seems to be lost.
Here is one example that greatly effects me personally. I have a friend that is subscribed to hundreds of feeds and shares out the best of them. This is perfect for me who seems to always be busy, and I enjoy the articles he shares. This friend also shares out A LOT of other information publicly on his Google Plus ("I just stopped into Starbucks and the wait time was awful" kind of stuff). Even if he makes a nice 'Google Reader' circle like they suggest and is nice enough to add me, I still get all of his other public crap cluttering up the valid articles I want to read. Add the fact that the whole article is no longer shared, just a snip-it and the title which is horrible. It is now a complete pain going through whatever he shares. I love integration but I don't understand how this is even usable in its current state...
~David
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