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Re: Tools I use: A close look at Feedly

mathewi — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:39:11 -0000

Those are both good points, Bill -- and I totally agree. Serendipity is a good word, and I like the Feedly results in Google search as well.

Re: Tools I use: A close look at Feedly

Bill Dunphy — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:22:23 -0000

Hey Matthew,
I'm a big fan of Feedly as well and it took a bit before I finally realized what I like about it - serendipity.
If you have (and I KNOW you have) more feeds than you can reasonably expect to read in any one day or week, even the fabulous efficiency of Google Reader's keystroke commands aren't enough to let you get through it all.
Feedly does a couple of interesting things here.
It treats that vast pool of posts from your feed as a rich source of valuable content (which it is if you've been choosing wisely) and serves up a personal magazine with an amazingly low signal to noise ratio. (Damn, do I have that backwards?) If your pool is deep enough serendipty results, I think.
And lastly having Feedly results appear in my Google search is brilliant.

Re: Tools I use: A close look at Feedly

dccrowley — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 13:32:20 -0000

I have found feedly to really up my read intake. Google reader really is too plain. But then so is nearly everything from Google. I mean Apple is clean and simple but not plain.

Re: Tools I use: A close look at Feedly

markmckay — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:41:56 -0000

Totally.

Re: Tools I use: A close look at Feedly

mathewi — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:37:10 -0000

That's a fair point, Mark. It definitely slows things down a bit, and if you really want to just cruise through a pile of feeds quickly then Google Reader's interface is pretty good for that -- which is why I still go back there from time to time when I'm in a hurry. But if I have some time, I prefer Feedly's interface. I guess it's like a magazine vs. a newswire.

Re: Tools I use: A close look at Feedly

markmckay — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:31:03 -0000

I checked it out, and while its pretty, I don't really find that it is an effective way for me to read my feeds. Google Reader might not be as beautiful, but I like that I can see them all in a list and have the ability expand/collapse and star/share them all in one page.

I guess my reading habits are more geared to consuming tons of headlines then reading individual articles.

Re: Tools I use: A close look at Feedly

Scott — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:22:49 -0000

Thanks for the post, gonna have to try that sucker out.

Re: Tools I use: A close look at Feedly

Luca — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:31:52 -0000

Matthew, this extension rocks. Thanks, I'm addicted already!

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Nico — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:22:20 -0000

Mathew, thanks for this! Have been using Google Reader for years. Just installed feedly, and it looks really cool.

Re: Tools I use: A close look at Feedly

mathewi — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:37:08 -0000

Thanks, Edwin. I will definitely keep that in mind. Great app.

Re: Tools I use: A close look at Feedly

edwink — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:34:29 -0000

Mathew: thank you for the post. If you ever run into a problem and need tech support or need to report a bug we listen at http://www.getsatisfaction.com/feedly and on twitter at @feedly