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Are you subscribed to my feed already?

The feed logo Are you one of the 225 people who subscribed to my RSS feed already? Well, then read no further, this post is not for you.

Still here? And you haven't the slightest clue what the heck I'm talking about? Just read on…

This post is about the wonderful world of RSS feeds, which are a way to stay up to date with whats new here and many others of your favorite websites.

To understand how it works, just lean back and have a look at the following video made by the guys at Common Craft.


Click To Play

Watched the video? Remember the two steps?

First Step: Get a Feed reader.

Here are the ones suggested in the video:

Second Step: Subscribe to your favourite sites

Here are the RSS feeds for splitbrain.org:

Alternative for the old-fashioned ones

If you still don't like RSS feeds you can also subscribe to update notifications by e-mail, but you should really check out the feeds - it's worth it.

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Posted on Tuesday April the 24th, 2007 (15 months ago).

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1
I'm subscribed. :D
2007-04-24 21:54:02
Epsilon
2
Maybe it's because I'm over 40 years old -- actually pushing 50 -- but I find that people who are used to e-mail clients (e.g. Outlook, Eudora, Notes, Thunderbird) don't really get web-based feed readers.  

As an alternative, PC-based feed readers may make more sense.  Ideally, going to "one place" would mean that instead of a browser, the feed reader would be incorporated into the e-mail client ... except that I don't see great integration, yet.

Still, I find using an e-mail client and PC-based feed reader as two separate applications preferable to having feeds in my browser -- particularly since I've always got too many tabs simultaneously open, anyway.

I've stabilized on using Feedreader, after a year of trying other alternatives.  Interested readers can pick up my trail starting at http://coevolving.com/blogs/in … erpt-only/ .
2007-05-04 10:50:38
David Ing
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Hey David, thanks for pointing this out. Yes there are several desktop based tools to read feeds as well.

For users preferring e-mail notifications instead of using RSS feeds, I added the links to the feedburner e-mail subscription service.

BTW. Mozilla Thunderbird can be used as a feed reader, too. If you use Thunderbird already you might find it most intuitive to add feeds into your mail client instead of using another tool or service.
2007-05-05 09:35:40
Andi
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