I used to use Google Reader all the time.
It was the most convenient application of a reader side-by-side by one of my most used applications. I would check emails, then click a button to read my feeds.
The two were connected in a symbiotic relationship where I would consume the news from my email and then from my feeds.
It didn’t even feel like I was jumping between apps when I used them.
I still have an RSS Feed app (both on my phone and online) but I find myself visiting it once a week (or maybe less).
It’s not that I’m reading less, in fact I’m reading much more, more than I ever have. But I am getting my information from different sources now – twitter, linkedin, direct to blogs, subscribed mail to the ones I love the most, podcasts, etc.
I can easily go a month without worrying about not checking my feeds and not feel like I have missed something.
I’m not sure if RSS feeds are Dead and I think there will always be a use for them. Perhaps it’s the reader(s) that are slowing taking their last breath.
Hi Greg,
I found your site when searching for info about RSS feeds.
I’m trying to add an email subscription widget to my WordPress site for blog post updates. I see you have one, but I can’t figure out how you did it (I looked at the source code).
Would you mind letting us know what you used for your email subscription widget?
Thank you muchly!
Doug
Hi Doug – I use the “Email Posts to Subscribers” to manage this functionality. I’ve been pretty impressed with it so far.
Thanks for getting back to me on this! I’m definitely going to try it out.