Google Reader Bankruptcy

Well, I finally did it.  After struggling mightily, I decided to declare Google Reader bankruptcy.  Last night, I completely unsubscribed from all my RSS feeds.  I did take the time to export them, however, so that I'll be able to recover a few of the more important ones if/when I ever feel like it.  Call it a soft bankruptcy.

It feels a little odd to not automatically pop open Greader all the time, or to pop it open and realize I don't have anything in there.  On the other hand, it has saved me minutes (hours?) of productivity today.

I'm also trying not to reflexively add RSS feeds back in just because I find one article of interest on a blog.  I really need to re-establish some ground rules about what gets in and what doesn't.

Oh well, here's to reducing a time-suck for 2011!

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