The death of Google Reader and the future of RSS
A few weeks ago, Google announced that they were shutting down Google Reader, the tool used by thousands of Offbeat Empire readers to follow our RSS feeds. I had some super strong feels when the announcement was made, because I’ve been personally using Google Reader pretty much daily since it launched 8 years ago. For those of us who digest a LOT of information online, RSS is an awesome method, and Google Reader was the best tool. While it was sad for me personally, it was mostly a theoretical sadness because honestly? I’d already switched to a new RSS reader a few months ago…
Offbeat Empire readers make me a better writer
Two years ago, I got an email in response to a post I wrote on Offbeat Home, I got over my liberal guilt and got a housekeeper, I got this complaint from a reader…
Meet the new Offbeat Bride character: Betty!
Remember last fall when we launched the new Offbeat Bride header illustration characters? Remember this comment thread? Well, now it’s finally time for you to meet Betty, the newest face of Offbeat Bride.
The agony of using Facebook to follow blogs
Despite the fact that every blog post published by the Offbeat Empire is linked on our Facebook pages, we all know Facebook has its own ideas about what to show you. Let’s talk about how to see more of our posts on Facebook…