An Introduction To RSS Readers: Google Reader and Netvibes  Brian Kelly UKOLN University of Bath Bath, BA2 7AY Email [email_address] UKOLN is supported by: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/meetings/ukoln-20080520/ About This Talk This talk and accompanying screencast provides an introduction to the Google Reader and Netvibes tools for reading RSS feeds. This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 licence (but note caveat) Resources bookmarked using ‘ ukoln-20080520 ' tag
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
My Google Reader Home Page
The JISC IE Team Blog (1)
The JISC IE Team Blog (2)
JISC News
JISC Funding Calls
My Web 2.0 Service Providers
UKOLN RSS Feeds
UKOLN In The News
Reminder Of How A Blog Looks
RSS For Syndication
Searching The Feeds
Your Contacts Shared Feeds
Adding RSS Feeds (in Firefox)
Adding RSS Feeds (in Firefox)
Netvibes
Viewing Project Deliverables
RSS For Events (1)
RSS For Events (2)
Viewing Email
Personal Use
Public Netvibes Page
Adding Feeds To Netvibes 1 2 3 4
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
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)

An Introduction To RSS Readers: Google Reader and Netvibes

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    An Introduction ToRSS Readers: Google Reader and Netvibes Brian Kelly UKOLN University of Bath Bath, BA2 7AY Email [email_address] UKOLN is supported by: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/meetings/ukoln-20080520/ About This Talk This talk and accompanying screencast provides an introduction to the Google Reader and Netvibes tools for reading RSS feeds. This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 licence (but note caveat) Resources bookmarked using ‘ ukoln-20080520 ' tag
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    About Me andAbout 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
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    The JISC IETeam Blog (1)
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    The JISC IETeam Blog (2)
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    My Web 2.0Service Providers
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    Reminder Of HowA Blog Looks
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    Adding RSS Feeds(in Firefox)
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    Adding RSS Feeds(in Firefox)
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    Adding Feeds ToNetvibes 1 2 3 4
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    Comparisons Types ofRSS 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
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    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)