Have you heard? Google Reader is shutting down!

That's right, as of 1st July 2013 it will be defunct :(

Not surprisingly here has been a lot of uproar and angst on the interwebs since this news was released, some users have likened it to getting a "Dear John" letter, others are questioning the mind set behind it (you can read more about Google's reasoning behind GR's "retirement" on the  official Google Reader blog here ) and most everyone who has been a user is wondering what to do now?

If like me you read and follow lots of different blogs via Google Reader you'll be looking for a new way to keep track of them all and NOT lose all your subscription information (which in my case has been gained from way too many hours starting at the computer screen until the wee hours of dawn in my pre-kids life, not something I can redo over these days).