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Reeder - RSS Heaven on the iPhone

December 30, 2009 0:06

Along with Twitter and emails, reading my RSS feeds is one of my primary activities on my iPhone. I use Google Reader for centrally managing my subscriptions and I have pretty much tried all Google Reader apps on the iPhone. For a long time I used Byline but wanted something with integration with services such as Instapaper and Twitter. Along came Reeder and all my prays were answered!

I have been using Reeder for over a month now and I have to say I am very impressed. The application is a joy to use, with a beautiful and intuitive interface design.  Synchronisation with Google Reader is also super fast and accurate, something which can be a serious problem with some of Reeders competitors in the App Store.  Finally there is plenty of integration with third party services to keep the serious user more than happy, with support for Twitter, Delicious, Pinboard, Instapaper, ReadItLater and Email. 

A few things I would like to see in the future are integration with Tumblr, being able to copy the URL of an article and the ability to manage your subscriptions from within the application.  Reeder has come a long way in a short period of time and with the release of version 1.2, the developer has already shown that he is willing to listen to his users when defining the product roadmap and I am confident…

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Hi, my name is Giles Thurston and this is my personal site.

I'm based in Ely, the second smallest city in the UK just north of Cambridge. I have over 15 years commercial software development experience, spending the first few years as an application developer before moving into web development and consultancy. I've led teams, managed multi million pound contracts and have a number of years of business development experience. My day job these days tends to focus on IT management and in particular Business Development but I keep my hand in by undertaking personal web development and design projects.

In 2008, after 16 years using Windows based PC's, I made the switch to a Mac and boy was it worth it! Although I continue to use PC's on a day to day basis, my personal preference is always to go with Apple products and I hope to blog about my experiences as a switcher here on this site, with various hints and tips which may be of use to anybody following me over the fence from Windows

Away from software development and technology, I am a husband to Leanne and father to Arlo James, who joined our family in April 2009. I'm a keen sportsman and enjoy a variety of mountain sports, including mountaineering, climbing (rock & ice) and mountain biking. I've recently got back into running and am hoping to do my first triathlon in 2010.

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