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On The Death Of Google Reader

Waxing UnLyrical

This time though, Google cut services for a tool that isn’t just “popular.” ” Google Reader is the bedrock for how many people collect information on the Internet. Before Google announced they were shutting down Reader , I hadn’t looked at my feed in months, maybe a year, or more.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Twitter Tweetdeck I use Tweetdeck for serious twitter sessions. It doesn’t have the advanced functionality of Tweetdeck (such as cross-posting to Facebook), but it’s so easy-to-use that it’s my favorite Twitter app. Tweetie This extremely intuitive Mac-only app is my hour-to-hour choice for Twitter.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Updating Facebook from third parties like Tweetdeck? I think twitter is more of a heavily curated rss reader/feeder rather than a portal, and I suspect that presenting twitter to new users as more of a friendly way to use rss that as a way to push conversation with strangers would help quite a bit.