Friday, February 8, 2008

#9 Finding Feeds

I tried 3 methods of finding feeds:
First I followed the instructions from the 2.o page;
2nd I tried the Blogspot search feature;
Finally I went to favorite websites to search for the RSS icons we learned about. I guess the easiest was the last method, b/c I had a pretty good idea of what it was I was signing up for. The search engine was the most confusing: for one, I wasn't sure I was doing it right; also, when I did get results, I wasn't sure what I was signing up for (if anything!), or how the information would be presented.

I'd heard a lot about RSS and I was excited to learn about it; didn't know exactly what to expect; indeed, it wasn't what I thought it would be. I need to spend more time mastering the whole concept, etc. and figuring out if this is sth that I can make work for me. i.e., you gotta really decide what information you need. In an environment where we're bombarded w/information overload, you really gotta pick and choose!

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