The move from working on the desktop to working online has started long ago, but in a few cases I stick to old habbits. Of course, I cannot imagine to do Java development with Eclipse in an online enveronment where the platform and all the needed tools are on some server. This would slow down my daily work. But if you think of information such as web sites e-mails and RSS, then it makes sense to have it all somewhere on the web. Most of us use yahoo, gmx, or google for storing their E-Mails and have access from any host as long as they have online access.

Today, I started to move from reading my RSS feeds with Thunderbird to reading with Google Reader. The reasons are simple and yet decisive:

• My laptop is about 3,5 years old. A switch to a Mac is very likely. Moving all my downloaded feed content from my local Thunderbird to some future machine is time-consuming and almost infeasible.
• I want to access my feeds from any machine.
• I want to see my marked feed entries on any machine.
• I want to save space on my local machine.
• I want to keep my data safe.

I did not look for long. I went to NetVibes and Google and checked the idea of having an entry page. But this was not accurate. So, my second choice was to look into Google’s Apps. And guess what, when it comes to productivity, they have quite often a solution for you. In my case, it was Google Reader. And while I am moving my feeds and copy the marked entries (takes some time), I am pretty happy about my step. Does anyone of my dear readers use Google Reader, too. What other alternatives can you suggest?