by James Temple, Tech Chronicles
I certainly commiserate with those lamenting the demise of Google Reader, a well loved product that many relied on to capture the droplets of compelling information amid the fire hose of online content. But some commentators saw a far more ominous message in the news that the online giant is officially pulling the plug on Reader, which allowed people to track and scan multiple RSS feeds that update whenever a particular author or publication adds content. Many read the news as a kind of nail in the coffin for RSS and some fear that would amount to a victory for “silos” on the Internet, forcing people to navigate to particular sites (say the NYtimes.com or SFGate.com) to cobble together their daily reading.
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