Originally shared by Robert Scoble
Yup, and I feel for Google and its Reader product.
When it comes to the new Reader experience former Google PM Brian Shih has a post you should read at http://brianshih.com/78073742 He nails how the new feature set sucks (now you are setup to read Dave Winer’s post, below).
Some things no one is talking about yet when it comes to Reader.
1. It was kicked in the head by the marketplace by Facebook and Twitter two years ago. That’s when I left it, and so did many others.
2. The best way to read Google Reader is Flipboard on the iPad. It is BY FAR a better experience there.
3. That leads me to think that these changes were made to make room for a new Google “Flipboard competitor” which is called Propeller. Rumored to be coming “any day.”
In that light I think the “get rid of overlapping features” totally makes sense, although it’s extremely messy.
http://scripting.com/stories/2011/11/01/dontRemoveFeaturesFromProd.html//cdn.embedly.com/widgets/platform.js