Earlier this Spring we learned that Google planned to abandon Reader (the RSS reader) and many of us wanting to be proactive began looking for alternatives. While some believe social (Twitter, Google+) has replaced the practice of following multiple information sources (mostly blogs) searching for enlightenment, I still invest time in specific individuals I think provide useful content and believe the accumulation of comments from these individuals offers something of value beyond isolated new ideas that may be surfaced through recommendations.
Anyway, my present choice for reader/aggregator is Feedly. I abandoned Reeder (different from Reader) because originally it appeared that Reeder was just a way to explore Reader feeds. I know this may seem confusing to those who do not use RSS. Now, the Feedly blog suggests you may not have to move to Feedly from Reeder. I realize this is counterintuitive, but this is because I explain a possibility raised in the Feedly post Feedly may not have intended. Feedly intends to play the roll Reader played in serving as a source for other readers (usually because the other readers were more attractive or offered some other useful feature) and to develop the capability before Reader goes away.
