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# Socialite (formerly Eventbox) ideal mate for Google Reader
- URL: https://tim.sodhis.org/socialite-formerly-eventbox-ideal-mate-for-google-reader/
- Published: 2010-02-03T11:31:55.000Z
- Updated: 2010-02-03T11:31:57.000Z
- Author: Tim Sodhi
- Tags: #wordpress, #Import 2026-01-11 22:49

For the longest time I resisted RSS feeds, dismissing them as too cumbersome to keep track of, and rather too concise for my needs. Over time though, with the plethora of sites I keep track of, not to mention the trackers and feeds for breaking news on CNN, BBC, I decided to make the shift to RSS. I toyed with subscribing to individual feeds in Firefox, but soon gave up on that idea. With around eleven feeds, I couldn’t keep a history of older feed stories, as well as, mark them as read/unread. I looked to Apple Mail, but apart from a marginal improvement from Firefox (in terms of history), I didn’t see a benefit.

Enter [Google Reader](http://www.google.com/reader/view/?ref=tim.sodhis.org). It does it all, aggregate feeds into one feed, and allows for a history as well as marking the same (starring in Google terms). I can access my feeds and read/unread status from any computer/device. Wonderful, but only restricted to the actual GReader site. That was until I found [Socialite](http://www.realmacsoftware.com/socialite/?ref=tim.sodhis.org) (formerly Eventbox). 

[![](https://tim.sodhis.org/content/images/wordpress/2010/02/Screen_shot_2010-02-03_at_11-thumb.23.51_AM1.png)](https://tim.sodhis.org/content/images/wordpress/2010/02/Screen%5Fshot%5F2010-02-03%5Fat%5F11.23.51%5FAM1.png)Socialite supports Google Reader in it’s entirety, allowing one to subscribe to a feed from the client, unsubscribe, mark as read/unread, star/unstar, etc. With [Growl](http://www.growl.info/?ref=tim.sodhis.org) support, this is by far the best Google Reader RSS feed client for the Mac. What’s more, this client integrates support for various social networking APIs such as [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/), [Twitter](http://www.twitter.com/?ref=tim.sodhis.org), etc. A definite MUST try.