World’s best rss explanation

The World’s Best RSS Explanation Making “ Really Simple Syndication ” actually really simple!

Presentation Parts
What does RSS mean?
What does RSS do?
What is the value of RSS to me?
How do I use RSS?
Google Reader demonstration

What does RSS mean?
What does RSS do?
How do I use RSS?

Part 1: What does RSS mean?
Acronym: “ R eally S imple S yndication ”
Let’s just call it “ RSS”

Part 1: What does RSS mean?
Technically speaking
It’s a web code protocol for sharing information from web sites
What RSS really is
Like magazine subscriptions , but for the modern web
This is the universal RSS icon:

What does RSS mean?
What does RSS do?
How do I use RSS?

Part 2: What does RSS do?
Three pieces of RSS
Publisher
Feed
Reader
1 2 3 Blog News Post Title Feeds

It’s subscription!
Publisher creates content
Feed sends content
Reader receives content
1 2 3 Blog News Post Title Feeds

Publisher can send to many readers from just one source
SYNDICATION!! Blog News Post Title

Reader can receive from many sources
SUBSCRIPTION! Feeds

The RSS process
When publisher creates a new story,
the RSS feed sends the title and summary
to any reader who has subscribed to the feed.
Blog News Post Title Feeds

What does RSS mean?
What does RSS do?
How do I use RSS?

Part 3: What is the value of RSS to me?
RSS allows
Publisher to push out information in a standard format from one source to many readers
RSS allows
Reader to pull in information in a standard format from many sources into one location

RSS lets you
safely,
easily and
quickly
consume information
from many sources
in one place
that you control.
AND IT’S NOT EMAIL!!

The old days
You reading Few sources Slow cycle Monthly, weekly (maybe daily)

Today
You reading Many sources Fast cycle Daily (maybe hourly)

Bring the info to you
You reading For browsing, filtering, reading, deleting Many sources Feeds

Automatic updates
Check the feeds when you want to Feeds

What does RSS mean?
What does RSS do?
How do I use RSS?

Part 4: How do I use RSS?
Step 1 : You need an RSS Reader
MS Outlook RSS folder
Google Reader
Lots of other options…

Step 2 : You need sources (publishers) that you want to keep up with
Blogs or Forums
News web sites
Etc.

Step 3 : Find the RSS icon on the page from which you want updates
Click on RSS icon on the blog (or whatever) you want to follow
Copy the RSS feed URL
Examples
http://ephraimjf.com/ feed /
http://feeds.delicious.com/v2/ rss /EphraimJF/my_blog_comments?count=15
Paste the feed URL in your Reader

Step 4 : Start reading!

What does RSS mean?
What does RSS do?
How do I use RSS?

Part 5: Google Reader demonstration
Step 1 : Sign up for a Google Account & activate Google Reader

Step 2 : Say hello to your RSS reader

Step 3a : Add a subscription

Step 3b : Go to your favorite website & click the RSS button to get the RSS feed URL

Step 3c : Copy the RSS feed URL
This is the info that the RSS feed will include

Step 3d : Paste the RSS feed URL in your reader and Add

Step 3e : View the feed of recent posts
Feed title Recent posts

Step 4 : Do it again with another great web site
All your feeds in one place

Now you can read updates from all your favorite web sites in one place

Want to read the whole article summary or post a comment?
Follow the link to view the post on the web site!

Recap with fun pictures
You’re very busy
This is you This is your info all over the www

You receive info from many sources
SUBSCRIPTION! Feeds

You stay up to date with your fancy RSS
Check the feeds when you want to Feeds

Grab some feeds and start reading!

http://sandbox.thoughtfarmer.com	22
https://padare.oxfamamerica.org	17
http://padare.oxfamamerica.org	8
http://ephraimjf.com	2
http://www.slideshare.net	1
http://sumus-test.oxfam.org	1
http://www.twylah.com	1
http://twitter.com	1

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