Thursday, July 16, 2009

Thing 5 -- Subscribing to Blogs

RSS can be a difficult concept for some to grasp right away - what questions do you have? What didn't work or doesn't make sense? How might you use RSS in your personal or professional life? Find anything in your searching that you'd recommend to others?

My biggest question now is: How do I make myself remember to go in and check my Bloglines or Google Reader? Do I sent it up as a "Favorite" on my Internet Explorer? I guess I haven't fully wrapped my brain around this yet, but I'll keep trying.

As I mentioned in "Thing 4," I can definitely see the benefits of the sorting capability of the RSS. I'm wondering: Does the RSS tell me everytime that information is added to a website or can I only subscribe to blogs?

I can see how I could subscribe to the New York Times Bestseller Lists, iTunes Top 10, etc. I often go into iTunes to see what is popular right now -- The would save me time. I guess as I go forward on the Internet, I'll try to focus more on the websites that I visit over and over -- Then I'll subscribe to those sites.

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  1. I am enjoying your site and its perspective. Your use of questions stimulated discussion and thought. I will return and also follow your site.

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