Meanwhile, the Newsgator shutdown continues to be delayed because the new versions of NetNewsWire (my RSS reader of choice on the Mac and iPhone) aren't quite there. (The current ones sync with Newsgator; the new ones will sync with Google Reader. I've already moved my subscriptions, though.)

What platform(s) are you using? I recommend NNW for Mac/iPhone, and I've been pretty happy with FeedDemon on Windows when I have to use Windows. I haven't used the web-based Google Reader interface enough to know how I feel about it yet.