The fantastic world of RSS readers
If your list of blogs to consult seems to become more and more difficult to control, you might want to think about investing a little bit of time in setting up an RSS reader. RSS stands either for Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication. Simply put, a website can choose to broadcast or syndicate its content; an RSS reader tracks these syndications down and alerts you when a new entry has been made on the website. This works for blogs but also for news and sports sites.
For Mac users, you can either upgrade to Mac OS X: Tiger which includes a new version of Safari with RSS capabilities built in, or you can download NetNewsWire Lite; it's free but you have to scroll all the way down on the page to find the download link. PC users can use Mozilla's e-mail client Thunderbird as an RSS reader. There are several options out there, but these are a few I might recommend.
Once you download the program, you just look for the address upon which the site is syndicating. For blogspot sites, just add /atom.xml to any address and voila. For others, you might have to do some hunting. Happy blogging!
For Mac users, you can either upgrade to Mac OS X: Tiger which includes a new version of Safari with RSS capabilities built in, or you can download NetNewsWire Lite; it's free but you have to scroll all the way down on the page to find the download link. PC users can use Mozilla's e-mail client Thunderbird as an RSS reader. There are several options out there, but these are a few I might recommend.
Once you download the program, you just look for the address upon which the site is syndicating. For blogspot sites, just add /atom.xml to any address and voila. For others, you might have to do some hunting. Happy blogging!
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