If one of your new years resolutions is to learn more about computers, or to keep up with the news, then dive into RSS.
In discussing with a few people, I noticed that most were not familiar with RSS. Pretty much, the whole point of it is that it gives you a chance to stay updated with news, your favorite blog (how about mine!), and anything else available on the web. How it works is that most sistes have syndicated content, which therefore makes web feeds available in one of two standardized formats, RSS and Atom. Users can subscribe to these feeds and view the content of many sites/blogs/etc. easily by using an aggreator (such as google reader or news gator).
Recently I've been loving SimplyHeadlines, but I realized that I wanted to have more options-- so I moved over to Google Reader. SimplyHeadlines was great because it compiled all the feeds into an easy e-mail "newspaper." I like to think of it as a great starting point if you are not familiar with RSS or you want to ease yourself into the world of syndicated content, which is why I've moved onto Google Reader.
Friday, December 22, 2006
RSS what??
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I suck at those things...still learning the basic of this RSS thingy...thanks for your explanations and which one to use. Keep writing. U R good :) cheers and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!
I know. I posted an article about myself here some time ago.
I have not tried Google Reader, but use Omea Reader for my everyday syndication.
For me RSS have changed the way I read webpages.
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