thanks for the kind words! I thought about the name behind RSS but just totally forgot to mention it! But yes, I knew what the letters stood for. :)
Susan
· 2 years ago
OK, I consider myself to be a relatively bright person - and only understood about 1/3 of what I just diligently read.
A little help please - like an example of how this might be of use to an archaic blogger, preferably with some kind of practical illustration?
Remember - I'm not sure if an MP3 player is the same thing as and iPod and I don't read newspapers of any kind.
Katharine
· 2 years ago
Wow, so all those hours I spent taking an online Web 2.0 course through my employer (a public library system) did give me just a little edge! (And I was amazed that my tech-savvy teenager didn't know anything about Bloglines or similar RSS feed aggregators!) Here's my simple application: I can go to ONE place to see if there are new entries on any of the blogs I like to read. From my list, I can choose to go to any of those sites and catch up. If the writers are on hiatus, I see that there's nothing new -- without having to go to each and every site.
Sorry, got to go now. I have to beg one of my sons to help me set up my new MP3 player because I did something wrong and it won't work. :-\
L.L. Barkat
· 2 years ago
I like the thought of publishing my RSS. Well, mostly. I do, after all, read that Craver guy.... should I really let the whole world know?
real live preacher
· 2 years ago
It's a cool concept. It's going to be one of those things (I think) that people will use without understanding it. The next generation will do that. Kind of like my daughter using the Internet and not really understanding what it is.
Marcus
· 2 years ago
Brian, thanks for stopping by. The preconference was enlightening.
Susan, so much for the title. I guess I didn't make it simple after all. It is a tricky concept to understand. Basically think of RSS as a way to subscribe to an enewsletter without giving out your email address. And in a format that allows you to receive the newsletter via email, your web browser, or a third party aggregator like BlogLines.
Katharine, Web 2.0 is a marketing thing. But the concept is sound. Finally people are beginning to realize that the web is not print on a screen, or TV on your computer. It is interactive and measurable media. I believe the implications of that last statement will define this century.
L.L., if you are publishing online, the whole world already knows. RSS just makes it easier for them to find you. For me the issue is simple. I have nothing to hide. If I am not willing to put my name behind my words in public, then there is a problem with my words. (I realize that others may be bound by their employer etc., but thankfully that has not been an issue for me.)
RLP, I agree. The concept of RSS is less important than the application. But in order to build a network--like you and I are doing--we need to understand how to drive the cement truck.
Susan
· 2 years ago
I think, then, that I put an RSS possiblity? on my blog and have signed up for same from you and ESI because when you publish something new on this blog, it pops into my email.
Xanga had something similar but you signed up through "subcriptions" to other blogs - and it was lovely because I knew which blogs had been updated so didn't have to go searching through each one separately to see who had updated and where I hadn't left an encouraging comment.
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A little help please - like an example of how this might be of use to an archaic blogger, preferably with some kind of practical illustration?
Remember - I'm not sure if an MP3 player is the same thing as and iPod and I don't read newspapers of any kind.
Sorry, got to go now. I have to beg one of my sons to help me set up my new MP3 player because I did something wrong and it won't work. :-\
Susan, so much for the title. I guess I didn't make it simple after all. It is a tricky concept to understand. Basically think of RSS as a way to subscribe to an enewsletter without giving out your email address. And in a format that allows you to receive the newsletter via email, your web browser, or a third party aggregator like BlogLines.
Katharine, Web 2.0 is a marketing thing. But the concept is sound. Finally people are beginning to realize that the web is not print on a screen, or TV on your computer. It is interactive and measurable media. I believe the implications of that last statement will define this century.
L.L., if you are publishing online, the whole world already knows. RSS just makes it easier for them to find you. For me the issue is simple. I have nothing to hide. If I am not willing to put my name behind my words in public, then there is a problem with my words. (I realize that others may be bound by their employer etc., but thankfully that has not been an issue for me.)
RLP, I agree. The concept of RSS is less important than the application. But in order to build a network--like you and I are doing--we need to understand how to drive the cement truck.
Xanga had something similar but you signed up through "subcriptions" to other blogs - and it was lovely because I knew which blogs had been updated so didn't have to go searching through each one separately to see who had updated and where I hadn't left an encouraging comment.