RSS

Happy RSS Awareness Day!

In News Readers, Productivity, RSS on 1 May 2008 with no comments

RSS helps me keep track of so many websites, it’s not funny. I’ve saved time and learned so much more than if I browsed from website to website.

What is RSS?

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a format used to deliver information from websites and pages that get updated regularly. An RSS document (which is called feed) contains either a summary or the full content from a website.

The main benefit of RSS is that it enables people to stay connected with their favorite websites without having to visit them. Once you subscribe to a particular RSS feed, you will automatically receive updates from the website that publishes the feed, whenever they release new content.

See more at RSSDay.org.

How do you organize your news reader?

In Ask the Readers, News Readers, RSS on 8 May 2007 with 1 comment

In Bloglines, I currently have the following folders:

Comics
Hot Deals
Miscellaneous
Music – mainly CD releases
Personal – friends, blogs that cover scattered topics
Productivity
Scrutinizing – feeds I’ve recently subscribed to; in a few weeks, I’ll either move them to another folder or unsubscribe entirely
Software
Tech

Questions

How do you organize your feeds?
How do you read them efficiently?
How can you improve this system?
Are there any articles you’ve read that offer insight?

RSS in Plain English

In How-to, RSS, Tip, Video on 24 April 2007 with 1 comment

If you haven’t heard of RSS, or haven’t used Bloglines, Google Reader, Netvibes, or Newsgator, please watch this video: RSS in Plain English. It’ll explain how it’ll save you time and make your life much easier — in less than 4 minutes! (via Chris Pirillo, Twitter)

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There are two types of Internet users, those that use RSS and those that don’t. This video is for the people who could save time using RSS, but don’t know where to start.