OK, I watched the videos that Mehkta suggested on Youtube, and now I’m hooked on Youtube tutorials! Because I am so slow to catch on, it took this video to really make it clear why I need to learn about RSS feeds. This one gives background and context to the RSS concept: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irnGua_yhvk&feature=related
Now I get it. I grew up with card catalogs, and even used one for my Masters thesis- I am definitely a “digital immigrant” (Marc Prensky, 2001), so this technology comes to me much slower to me than to most people. But now I finally get it. I don’t have a way to manage information well, and am constantly feeling like I’m missing something. I need an RSS feed! It will customize news, blogs and notes just for me- so I only get the information I want from the Web, just as Andrew said. And I won’t have to spend hours of aimless “surfing” to find the information that interests me the most- sounds great.
My personal challenge will be to make my own RSS feed/reader (sorry, I’m still not sure of the right terminology) this week- I’ll let you know how it goes, but I’m guessing it will take longer than the 2 minutes it takes the guys on the videos. For instance, I don’t have my own website, so I’m wondering where to put this information I want to funnel to me. I think I’ll use this article, as I do best with a written guide: http://www.mygtdstuff.com/2008/04/simple-guide-to-rss.html Wish me luck!
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Hey, ellie, I am sorry I just saw your comments on my blog. RSS is a new word for me also, I will follow your blog and try to figure that out also. By the way, I can't see your profile. You can upload your picture and tell a bit about your self through profile editing. Good luck blogging!
hi ellen, do you have a gmail account or google mail account? if you do, it has a reader that allows you to pull in newsfeeds that you want to read. - yin
check out this for a better explanation:
http://commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english
Ellen, I'm glad to see that you are learning a lot about blogs and RSS. Hope you are having fun. You can add links to the URLs you included in your post so the URLs are clickable. Jing
OK- I'll try to work on my profile, Patrick
Good luck on the RSS feed. The concept of simplifying your time on web by focusing it on what you're interested in really appeals to me. I try to keep clutter and waste to minimum. I'm surprised I haven't set my own RSS yet. Although my new job has really cut down on my online time.
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