Google RSS Reader (and Wesley’s google-reader-subscriptions.xml)

I used Google RSS reader, a year (or maybe more) ago, when I first got into subscribing to sites with RSS. Before, I just had a daily routine of web sites I’d visit that was more or less committed to memory, and heavily influenced by whatever I was was working on at the time. This is prone to “error” of course, as sites slip my mind, or I find new sites, intend to check back for future updates, and promptly forget about them. A friend recommended that I start reading sites via RSS, specifically using Google’s reader.

This worked out well, and eventually I moved on to other clients, including Liferea and more recently Akregator. The problem with this, is that I would have my subscriptions, with their archives and the posts that I had flagged, all on my laptop, when I use several different computers throughout my day. I could subscribe on clients on all of these different computers (but my flags and settings wouldn’t propagate), or perhaps carry a client around on a USB drive (awkward, and I use many different operating systems). I had a need for a better solution.

…This brought me back to Google Reader, which, in the time that I was using other readers, had changed interfaces. It’s really nice now, and it’s web based, so I can use it wherever I have a web browser at my disposal. Now I just keep it open in the tab right next to my gmail tab.

In an earlier post, I listed out a lot of the RSS feeds I subscribe to for security and forensics related news, blogs, and podcasts. Now, for those who really want a mountain of feed material, I’m just going to present to you my exported (OPML format) list of feeds from Reader’s export feature. This, along with a lot of mailing lists (maybe I’ll cover that soon), is how I try to keep up with things. If you notice anything missing, be sure to fill me in via a comment or email :) .

• Wesley’s Feeds: google-reader-subscriptions.xml