An Introduction To RSS Readers: Google Reader and Netvibes

Slide 1: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/meetings/ukoln-20080520/ An Introduction To RSS Readers: Google Reader and Netvibes Brian Kelly About This Talk UKOLN This talk and accompanying University of Bath screencast provides an Bath, BA2 7AY introduction to the Google Reader and Netvibes tools for reading RSS Email B.Kelly@ukoln.ac.uk feeds. Resources bookmarked using ‘ukoln-20080520' tag UKOLN is supported by: This work is licensed under a Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 licence (but note caveat) A centre of expertise in digital information management

Slide 2: About Me and About UKOLN Brian Kelly: • UK Web Focus: a Web advisory post based at UKOLN • Funded by JISC and MLA to advise HE/FE and cultural heritage sectors • Web enthusiast since Jan 1993 • A fan of RSS! UKOLN: • National centre of expertise in digital information management • Located at the University of Bath A centre of expertise in digital information management 2

Slide 3: My Google Reader Home Page A centre of expertise in digital information management 3

Slide 4: The JISC IE Team Blog (1) A centre of expertise in digital information management 4

Slide 5: The JISC IE Team Blog (2) A centre of expertise in digital information management 5

Slide 6: JISC News A centre of expertise in digital information management 6

Slide 7: JISC Funding Calls A centre of expertise in digital information management 7

Slide 8: My Web 2.0 Service Providers A centre of expertise in digital information management 8

Slide 9: UKOLN RSS Feeds A centre of expertise in digital information management 9

Slide 10: UKOLN In The News A centre of expertise in digital information management 10

Slide 11: Reminder Of How A Blog Looks A centre of expertise in digital information management 11

Slide 12: RSS For Syndication A centre of expertise in digital information management 12

Slide 13: Searching The Feeds A centre of expertise in digital information management 13

Slide 14: Your Contacts Shared Feeds A centre of expertise in digital information management 14

Slide 15: Adding RSS Feeds (in Firefox) A centre of expertise in digital information management 15

Slide 16: Adding RSS Feeds (in Firefox) A centre of expertise in digital information management 16

Slide 17: Netvibes A centre of expertise in digital information management 17

Slide 18: Viewing Project Deliverables A centre of expertise in digital information management 18

Slide 19: RSS For Events (1) A centre of expertise in digital information management 19

Slide 20: RSS For Events (2) A centre of expertise in digital information management 20

Slide 21: Viewing Email A centre of expertise in digital information management 21

Slide 22: Personal Use A centre of expertise in digital information management 22

Slide 23: Public Netvibes Page A centre of expertise in digital information management 23

Slide 24: 1 Adding Feeds To Netvibes 3 2 4 A centre of expertise in digital information management 24

Slide 25: Comparisons Types of RSS readers: • Web-based (1): Google Reader, Bloglines, … • Web-based (2): Netvibes, Pageflakes, … • Desktop: Feedreader, Blogbridge, … • Mobile: RSS delivered via SMS; iPhone/Nokia N95 RSS readers, … Which to choose: • Power users may prefer desktop or Web-based (1) • Web-based (2) may appeal • Advantages in organisations / peers adopting common approach A centre of expertise in digital information management 25

Slide 26: Conclusions RSS readers: • Allow users to quickly process information sources • More effective than visiting Web pages • Useful for various purposes:  Information gathering  Business intelligence  Brand management … • Need to gain better understanding of best practices and personal preferences (e.g. how to structure feeds) A centre of expertise in digital information management 26