RSS

Chapter 7 on RSS feeds was particularly interesting to me. I've been trying for some time now to utilize RSS, but haven't had much success. What Richardson talks about as an "information overload" has been more my experience than anything. But it's helpful to know that there is an actual "reader" to help those slow to learn (like me) become avid and adept RSS users. 

For a long time my understanding of RSS has simply amounted to the long list of blogs I subscribed to, which ultimately only showed up as an actual list, and nothing regarding the content of a particular blog. So instead of seeing what my friend Justin had written, I only saw the new title, which meant I had to go to the site before I knew whether I even wanted to read it. Of course, on a fast connection this isn't much trouble at all, but sometimes the connection just isn't fast enough to keep up with the pace of my usual browsing, so I would opt out of reading Justin's blog simply because I didn't feel like enduring the wait. Very impatient of me, I know...

Hopefully this new reader will help me in this area.