I’d almost given up on reading RSS feeds on my iPhone. I stuck with NetNewsWire because I paid for it, and because it seemed like the best option. Unfortunately, its syncing with Google Reader was painfully slow and buggy, and the interface always made me sad. Ultimately, it became an app that I avoided, thinking that I’d visit the Google Reader site on my Mac (I also stopped using the NetNewsWire desktop app once I realized that Google’s web app was so much faster).
Enter Reeder, which Shawn Blanc featured on his site yesterday. When I first launched it, I expected Reeder to take several minutes to sync my 27 subscriptions (with some 350 unread posts). Not an enormous list, but one that NNW always choked on. I wasn’t timing it, but perhaps 15 seconds later, Reeder was done.
Suddenly, I’m checking my RSS feeds more frequently, and the interface makes me happy. At least until I come across a post on health care, but that’s not Reeder’s fault.
NetNewsWire has been deleted.
DRIFT: A Short Film by Jim Vendiola
On Sunday, my friend Jim starts shooting his new short film. Check out the teaser on his site, and if you want your name in the credits, send in a donation today!
Jim and I worked together on Split Pillow’s Petersburg.