A Week Into the Great RSS Scramble
A week after Google announced it's killing Reader, a rundown of trying NewsBlur, The Old Reader, and Feedly while half the internet's feed subscriptions scramble for a new home.
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Four Days Into Mourning Google Reader
Four days after Google announced it's killing Reader, a rundown of the Feedly scramble, Reeder anxiety, and my own guaranteed procrastination on exporting six years of feeds.
Three Days In, Still Homeless After the Reader News
Its been three days since Google announced it's killing Reader, and Ive spent way too much of that time trying (and failing) to pick a replacement.
Evernote Made Me Fix My Terrible Password Habits
Evernote's password breach forced me to face my own terrible password reuse habits, and SXSW kicks off in Austin today while I watch from a safe distance.
Marissa Mayer's Memo and My Kitchen Table Office
Yahoo's leaked memo banning remote work has me thinking about my own kitchen-table setup, and why "just be in the office" is a lazy fix for a much bigger problem.
The Guy Who Helped Write RSS Is Gone
A personal note on Aaron Swartz, the RSS spec he helped write as a teenager, and the fact that today happens to be the one-year anniversary of the SOPA blackout he helped organize.
One Year After the Blackout
A personal reflection on Aaron Swartz's death this week, the CFAA case against him, and the new "Aaron's Law" reform bill, written the day before the one-year anniversary of the SOPA blackout.
I Used His Code Without Ever Knowing His Name
Some scattered, personal thoughts two days after Aaron Swartz died, on the code of his I used without ever thinking about it and the prosecution that never sat right.
Boxing Day and the Great Instagram Backpedal
A Boxing Day check-in on the Instagram ToS backlash that actually got walked back, why the Nexus 4 is still impossible to buy, and what a Kindle Paperwhite and a seven-year-old's Wii U taught me this Christmas.
48 Frames and a Sliding Pair of 3D Glasses
I saw The Hobbit in 48fps HFR 3D this weekend and cant stop thinking about the soap-opera-effect frame rate, plus a couple smaller tech notes from the past week.
The Nexus 4 Restock Saga Continues
Still trying (and failing) to buy a Nexus 4 a month after launch, plus some scattered thoughts on Surface Pro pricing and the incoming wave of Mayan calendar nonsense.
Hunting for a Nexus 4, Round Four
A month after launch, the Nexus 4 is still nearly impossible to buy. My ongoing, increasingly petty saga of refreshing the Play Store trying to snag one.