Save Time Online with RSS
But here is my quick and dirty take on the process. There are basically two main parts: an RSS feed and an RSS reader. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? I’m not sure. But I do know that a website offers an RSS feed when this little symbol is present at the top:
When you click on this symbol you are telling this site to deliver any news to your reader. My favorite RSS reader is Google Reader. It is free and painless. The RSS reader is your one-stop shop that hosts all of the RSS feeds that you have selected during your adventures on the internet. This article, posted on the Back in Skinny Jeans blog, also provides an excellent definition and explanation of the whole operation.
First tutorial:
Tags: RSS, RSS feeds, RSS readers
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Great job, Amber! It’ll be great to have a place to point people when they need a solid explanation of RSS. I like the screencast, too. You’ll have to show me how you do that!
May 1st, 2008 at 12:41 pm
[...] I’m not making this up: Today, May 1, is RSS Awareness Day. What better time to hop on over to Amber’s tutorial on RSS to learn more about this technology and how it will make you a more informed web reader (and may [...]
May 15th, 2008 at 11:41 am
[...] in a batch, like in the PDF method. Rather, readers are notified of updates page by page, via RSS, so you can be sure you’re referring to the latest version of the [...]
May 15th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
[...] you read Amber’s excellent introduction to RSS technology and would love to use it, but for whatever reason you and Google Reader aren’t clicking? [...]
May 19th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
[...] Now, before you leave, make sure you’ve subscribed to receive future updates, via either RSS or e-mail. (Need a primer on RSS? Check out Amber’s tutorial on RSS and Google Reader). [...]
June 3rd, 2008 at 11:03 am
[...] information and arranges it in a newspaper format. It works a lot like an RSS reader (Confused? Try this first), only this time it is rolled up in a rubber band and tossed directly into your inbox. Yup, [...]
August 18th, 2008 at 8:34 am
[...] I’m really glad Sue’s taken the initiative to start a blog and share her own perspective with others. Check out her blog for yourself to learn more. Don’t forget that RSS makes it really easy to follow along as she adds new posts–refer to Amber’s great RSS write-up to learn how. [...]
August 18th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
[...] feed. For those of you not as familiar with this technology, Amber Hoffman from CRL has written a nice introduction on the Stratepedia Blog to help you get [...]
August 22nd, 2008 at 7:43 am
[...] one-stop-shop for CRL and SIM-related RSS feeds. For those of you who haven’t latched onto an RSS reader yet, this is the next best [...]