Informal Brain

One week later we have seen two major updates to the new Times RSS browser from Acrylic software.  I was reading through the comments on Acrylic’s post about having a number of issues during the initial launch.  Lots of folks commenting on crashes and lost data. 

I am happy to report that as of version 1.0.3 (509) that the software is now very stable.  My copy has been running for days without any kind of crash.

I still love the UI.  It is a major productivity saver.  I still see people commenting that they want to have better notification of what is new, or what they have read vs. what they have not read.  Those people should head back to their traditional “river of news” readers.  To use Times you have to embrace the “glance” at news model and trust that news you need will be on the page when you open the software.  Finding the right feed mix on each page is key.  I have been focusing on sites that do a good job of summarizing a topic rather then focusing on a very narrow niche area.  Makes for better coverage… like a news paper!

I have been sticking with my practice of only using Times and a couple of RSS feeds on my iPhone.  Still seeing much less time surfing Google Reader and I feel liberated.