Episode 81: Just Devastated By It

Daniel and Manton talk about Google Reader and the future of RSS syncing, the Bitsplitting podcast, and getting back to our software projects.

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  • NetNewsWire – Brent Simmons’s venerable Mac OS X RSS reader, now developed by Black Pixel.
  • Why I Love RSS… – Brent’s reflections on RSS in the wake of Google Reader shutdown.
  • A Second Spring Of Cleaning – The blog post from Google in which Google Reader’s demise is the buried lede.
  • NetNewsWire Cloud – Daniel’s take on the opportunity for Black Pixel to run with NetNewsWire to fill the void left by Reader.
  • FeedWrangler – David Smith’s take on his own opportunity to fill some of the Reader void.
  • MarsEdit – Daniel’s blog-editing app for Mac OS X.
  • Bing – Microsoft’s alternative to the Google search engine.
  • Reeder – RSS client for Mac and iOS from Gloria.
  • Blogger – Web-based blogging software from Google.
  • SubEthaEdit – Mac text editor with live collaboration.
  • RSS Sync Mailing List – New mailing list from Brent Simmons for discussing the vagaries of RSS sync.
  • The Bitsplitting Podcast – Daniel’s new interview-format podcast.
  • Accidental Tech Podcast – New tech podcast from Marco Arment, Casey Liss, and John Siracusa.
  • Logic Pro – Pro audio software from Apple.
  • Tweet Library – Manton’s Twitter client with archival and collection features.

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March 20, 2013 at 2:40 pm.