A surprisingly huge number of apps depend on Google Reader. There is Press, the RSS reader I would be using if swiping between posts was easier, GReader, about two dozen other Android apps, and – of course – Nick Bradbury’s FeedDemon which I still consider one of the greatest pieces of code ever. I met Nick in 2004 at SXSW (nine years, how time flies) when we shared a cab to Bruce Sterling’s house for one of those parties. I’d used some of his apps before but Nick himself was who sold me on FeedDemon.
Well, now it’s going away because it depends (in part) on Google Reader. Sad day.
