Comments on: Bloglines is Back(ish)

By: Brian Herzog

Brian Herzog — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:43:46 +0000

@laura: good point – that is such a danger with the interconnectedness of online things. One small change can have a huge ripple effect, when one service is built upon another.

By: laura

laura — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 13:48:21 +0000

It also strikes me that the other lesson is one about relying on outside services. I sort of doubt that Google is going to go belly up or discontinue Google Calendar anytime soon, but if they did, my library system would have to come up with an alternative for our calendars — and so it seems to me that another lesson is that you always have to be ready to look for alternatives, and figure out how to use them.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:40:49 +0000

Wow, really? I was a Bloglines user for years. When they announced that they were shutting down, I moved my subscriptions to Google Reader. Not going back-I’m comfortable with it now. Oh, well.

By: Antonia

Antonia — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:24:22 +0000

I feel the same about the Bloglines ‘return’. I was disappointed when they announced it wasn’t continuing, as I’d been using it for about 8 years (8 years! that can’t be right). So I felt like I’d stuck with it through thick and thin – and there was a lot of thin in the last year or so. I moved to Google Reader and it took a bit of getting used to just because it was different, but now I won’t go back to Bloglines. Just like an ex-boyfriend or a broken/spent firework – never go back! There’s a good reason you left it!