Blogs and Feeds Centre for Instructional Technology

blog?

we b log

blog

blog Noun website entries reverse chronological syndicated* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/blog

blog Verb to add an entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/blog

blog entry The Title Thisday, 29 Feb Text, photos, audio, video. By me. 1 comment | Permalink Comment: Great entry!

other elements Archives Recent Monthly Categories Search Blogroll Feeds*

Post title Date Entry / post Archives Blogroll Feeds* Comments

where is the permalink ?

“ Instead of linking to web pages, which can change, bloggers link to one another’s posts, which typically remain accessible indefinitely. This style of linking also gives blogs a viral quality, so a pertinent post can gain broad attention amazingly fast.” David Kirkpatrick Why there’s no escaping the blog Fortune Magazine, 10 January 2005 http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/01/10/8230982/index.htm

your voice

tomorrow.sg

read/write

technorati.com

no fuss

mr brown lee kin mun

leshon lee

ivan chew

who is juwono sudarsono ?

juwono sudarsono

asst prof john holbo, dept of philosophy

alex mitchell, instructor, communications & new media programme

asst prof park cheolsung, dept of econs

asst prof paul barter, lky spp

Librarians at the National Library Board are blogging too, posting their own book reviews to promote reading and writing World Cup match reports to attract soccer fans to check out digital resources on sports. Said its senior manager Ian Bain, 56: “Blogs are a godsend to librarians. People think librarians are boring people and the library is a stuffy place. We write our blogs in a light-hearted, conversational voice.” Blogging: Govt agencies getting into the act Straits Times, 23 Aug 2006

Blog software is like wine

Blogs are like sharks* Garr Reynolds Presentation Zen

exhibition on now

these books just arrived!

my job is…

bet you didn’t know that…

We received feedback about… Here’s what we think…

future plans & announcements

I was thinking about what the Rambling Librarian mentioned …

Hi, that was a great post!

Said its senior manager Ian Bain, 56: “Blogs are a godsend to librarians. People think librarians are boring people and the library is a stuffy place. We write our blogs in a light-hearted, conversational voice. ” Blogging: Govt agencies getting into the act Straits Times, 23 Aug 2006

how to read blogs?

WHAT

feed me!

rich site summary really simple syndication rdf site summary resource description framework atom

syndicate this site (extensible markup language)

what does shakespeare make of this?

a feed is a URL

what do feeds do? get the content you want delivered to you

HOW

from a feed reader

online desktop convert to mail

put feed into reader

WHY

content from various sources come to you (not you going to different websites)

subscribe to your interests

“ this sounds suspiciously like email”

you don’t give away your email address

you control the subscription

email subscriptions are static

there are many more feeds than email subscriptions

WHERE

where do I get feeds?

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