Currently hot in my [Fever](http://feedafever.com) instance – **Google Reader Closing on July 1, 2013**
No one should be surprised that [Google’s announcement that they were shutting down Google Reader](http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-second-spring-of-cleaning.html) would be at the top of my *Fever* instance. Though I am sure this will cause some inconvenience to people, I agree with Marco Arment that [it is a positive thing in the long run](http://www.marco.org/2013/03/13/google-reader-sunset). For example, I already have my eye on [David Smith’s just announced syncing solution](http://david-smith.org/blog/2013/03/13/my-secret-project-feed-wrangler/).
Links related to this:
* [Shawn Blanc](http://shawnblanc.net/2013/03/goodbye-google-reader/)
* [John Moltz](http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-second-spring-of-cleaning.html)
* [David Sparks](http://www.macsparky.com/blog/2013/3/the-rss-apocalypse)
* [Aldo Cortesi](http://corte.si/posts/socialmedia/rip-google-reader.html)
* [Chris Gonzalez](http://unretrofied.com/blog/2013/3/13/google-reader-is-shutting-down)
* [Elliot Jay Stocks on the dangers of free services](http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/13/4101144/google-shuts-down-reader-rss-aggregation-service)
* [Dave Caolo explains how to export your RSS Feeds from Google Reader](http://52tiger.net/daily-tip-export-your-feeds-from-google-reader/)
* [Buzzfeed](http://www.buzzfeed.com/jwherrman/google-reader-is-dead)
* [The Verge](http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/13/4101144/google-shuts-down-reader-rss-aggregation-service)
* [Stephen Hackett on using Twitter as a RSS Alternative](http://512pixels.net/2013/03/on-twitter-as-an-rss-alternative/)