Tag: google reader
Dear Google, I don’t give a crap about your April Fools pranks but I do actually give a crap about useful services
Listen. I don’t hate fun. Really, I don’t. I have even been known to HAVE fun every now and again. I encourage it. Within reason, of course! But this is getting ri-frickin-diculous. That link that you probably hovered on but did not click is a roundup of all the April Fools pranks Google staged in 2013 alone. I realize that Google is a global ginormamegacorporation that employs tens of thousands of people, so it’s possible…
Another thing that is making me grumpy
Google Reader is basically worthless now. They’ve removed all the share functions and the “add to reader” bookmarlet doesn’t work anymore, so my prime method of bookmarking and sharing interesting stuff on the web has evaporated. I can still read through the feeds I’m subscribed to, yes, but now all those neat, weird little tidbits that would cross my radar thanks to the smart, funny people I pal around with on Reader will no longer…
I am inching closer and closer to hitting the delete/deactivate button
… on my Twitter account. Because I will post silly things that are just attempts to be funny, and I will come back later and see a string of condescending replies from people who missed the humor (or “humor,” as your preferences may deem it) in their rush to jump at the opportunity to be pedantic, preachy assholes. This doesn’t just happen on Twitter; I notice it more and more in Google Reader threads too.…
I surf the web so you don’t have to
Listen, kids. I spend an unholy amount of time skimming the web for interesting shit. Every day, I spacebar my way through hundreds upon hundreds of news stories/blog posts in my Google reader. And every now and then I find something that piques my interest. And I toggle on the “share” thingamajigger and it magically shows up here. It also shows up in the sidebar to the right, but that thing will only show ten…
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