Thing #5: RSS--You're Web Inbox

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Using RSS is one of the easiest and most powerful ways to organize the world of online information for your own personal use. RSS is one of those concepts that is harder to explain than to use. So, I recommend that you listen to the audio portion above and then just dive right in.

If you don't quite understand what you are doing at first, that's okay, it will become clearer as you go. (But if you are one of those people who wants to read about it before you do it, check out the Resources link below).

1) Go to https://www.google.com/reader/ and log in with your Blogger username and password.

2) Watch the short video introduction (very helpful!)

3) Using the "Add subscription" button, search for a topic of interest and subscribe to one of the feeds.

4) Subscribe to a feed from a website. I recommend that you subscribe to the LIBY 1210-04 blog feed (scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the "Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)" link.

Whew! Now answer a couple of questions in your blog post:

1) How would you explain RSS to a friend? (You might try looking at the Resources below to get some ideas)

2) What might you use RSS feeds for in your school/personal life?

Resources: http://del.icio.us/liby1210/rss

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