Google Reader is going away

bibliogo

Google Reader is going to be shut down on July 1.
If you use Reader, here’s what to do:

Step 1: Export all of your subscriptions from Google Reader
(takes less than 1 minute)

Try these directions. It’s easy.

Step 2: Start using an alternative, and import your old Google Reader stuff.
(can take as little as 2 minutes, once you decide on one)

I’m trying Bibliogo right now, and I like it so far. It’s geared towards academics, so it’s a good fit for the Labrigger audience. It opens webpages within the window in a nice way, making it fairly quick to flip back and forth between RSS entries and the actual webpages. Even Google Reader never did that very well.

But there are other alternatives.
WordPress has a Google Reader-like feature.
SmashingReader looks nice.
If you have your own server, you might like Fever or PrivateOSS.