How to use an RSS feed to stay current
One of my clients asked me recently what is an RSS reader exactly and how to use RSS to stay current. I thought there might be others wondering the same thing, so I will give the basics here.
RSS is an acronym for Really Simple Syndication. To make the RSS magic happen you need two things:
- A blog, news site, event or twitter conversation you want to “follow” or read;
- An RSS service (aggregator or tool) which compiles all your reading in one place (Google Reader, Yahoo, Outlook, many others).
To subscribe to an RSS feed, click the orange icon you will see on most news and blog sites (or in your browser toolbar). When you click the icon you will see a page with choices of which RSS reader you want to use. Choose your reader and you are all set. When I asked on Twitter what reader people like to use for RSS most said Google Reader or Thunderbird (an open source email tool by Mozilla).
Personally I like to browse my RSS feeds on my phone. That way I can read whenever and wherever.
Hope this helps. Here is a more detailed article on RSS if you want to read further.
What have you found to work with RSS?
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