Discovering RSS Feeds
Posted on February 23, 2010
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RSS Feeds have, in the last week gone from being something I didn’t really get, to something I can’t believe I ever did without. I was aware that there were things called RSS Feeds and I had a vague idea of the type of thing they did but it wasn’t until I took the plunge and started using Google Reader that I begun to see how useful it could be. I’ve subsequently progressed to a nifty little app on my iPhone called Free RSS which is where I now store all my feeds.
For anyone reading who isn’t aware of what RSS Feeds do there is a handy guide to RSS Feeds on the BBC website but it is basically a program that allows you to store lists of your favourite websites. It will then let you know when these sites have been updated and lets you read any new articles that have been posted. It saves you from navigating to each of your favourite websites whenever you want to find new content. If you’re a regular web traveller then it really is invaluable – I can’t believe I’ve waited so long to try it out.
My current feeds include the two BBC tech bloggers dot.rory and dot.maggie, the Guardian Technology pages, top social media news website Mashable and Charlie Brooker’s Screenburn column in the Guardian. If you’ve got any suggestions for more feeds I’d like to hear them.
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