Chris Webb

Struggles with Google Books

Wiley author Charles Petzold points out some frustrating limitations with Google Books in a recent post on his blog. This is not a blog entry by an author who thinks that Google Books is evil because it promotes the idea of free books. This is a blog entry by an author who sees Google Books as [...]

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90 Days with Google Reader – Back to NewsGator and FeedDemon

Back in April I declared myself a Google Reader user, and ditched my trusty FeedDemon RSS reader and the accompanying NewsGator Online service.  Google Reader was getting all the press, seemed to be on a roll, and had some features I liked.  But after dealing with some frustration in Google Reader today when I went [...]

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Google Buying Feedburner?

According to Sam Sethi, Google may be purchasing Feedburner. Well, of course they are.  In fact, I am surprised someone else hasn’t snapped them up already.  As Sam points out, many of us read blogs and other sites via RSS without ever visiting the actual website .  As a result, the RSS advertising market is becoming [...]

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