feed Me what is RSS ?

let’s begin with an analogy …

you place a subcription here …

meet Toby

Toby delivers these …

and this …

and these …

to your front door …

whatever the weather …

… and in time for …

if , you have got some spare …

you place a subcription for …

meet “Badger”

“ Badger” delivers this …

to your front door …

whatever the weather …

… and in time for …

so, what is RSS ? …

… R eally S imple S yndication – is a special syndication format for distributing content on the Web … … it makes it possible for users to find out what’s new on their favourite websites without actually having to go there …

in other words …

RSS delivers this …

to your computer …

whatever the weather …

… at any time …

why use RSS ? …

surf smarter stay informed continued professional development minimize time waste enhanced research

what to look out for ? …

what sort of information is available ? …

get news …

get sports results …

get magazines …

get weather …

get recipes …

get journals …

… and there’s more …

get blogs …

get bibliographical data …

get bookmarks …

get project activity …

get photographs …

get videos …

get podcasts …

get funding …

get university news …

Use a RSS Reader or Aggregator to keep up-to-date …

types of RSS readers …

RSS provides the glue to connect different pieces of information and to collate them in one place … … our RSS reader …