Week 4, Exercise #8 RSS feeds

I am using this blog as a study guide. The information written is to help me learn and not to be a publishable paper.

RSS: "Really Simple Syndication"

New way to share information, news, media and content creators.

Putting everything together on one page, without wadding through stuff already read.



RSS news feeds

1. discovery exercises

Difference between RSS feed readers, Bloglines, and Google Reader.

a. RSS Feed Readers:

A device used to gather & read desired Internet content, that spots a RSS icon, to be read in one place; websites, blogs, nings, wikies, and others I haven't discovered yet.

b. Bloglines:

Two ways of sharing subscriptions: 1) enable sharing-all subscriptions and folders become public, to make them private-edit link-toggle to individual folder & subscriptions private, Blogrolls-list of links to other blogs-bloglines can be added to blog as as a blogroll by including HTML, folder blank-all public subscriptions will be displayed, Link Target field blank, links will load in same window as blogroll. Search feature. Publish-create blog within bloglines-"only place on the web where you'll find blog creation and sharing capabilities fully integrated with blog search and blog reading."

c. Google Reader:

Keep track of favorite websites: stay up to date, simplify reading experience-everything in one spot, discover new content-automatically sends new feeds & searches for content that interests me, Share with my friends, Google Reader public page-recommend articles to friends-sending links, Share with one click- sharing icon-any item-instantly appear on my public page, spice up my site-website & blog-add customized clip-shared items on my site's sidebar, Read anywhere, anytime, Google reader gadget to iGoogle, read on he go-GGoogle reader on mobile phone browser, Use Google reader on any computer-only need online access-subscriptions stay with me.



a. Learn about feeds http://www.blip.tv/file/205570/

This is a video that teaches what a RSS is and how to sign-up. Entertaining, simplified for beginners, informational.

b. Set up own RSS feed

I subscribed to GoogleReader. I was able to use my same user name and password for my gmail account. One less password to remember. I took the tour to discover how it was different/same as RSS blip.tv video.

c. Personalize RSS feed reader

d. Learn the difference between RSS feed readers, Bloglines, and Google Reader.

Differences: RSS feed reader-software device used gather and read Internet sites, etc. see above. Bloglines are public right away and must be edited to make them private. Google Reader is private first and must be edited to make public.

Aggregator
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In computing, a feed aggregator, also known as a feed reader, news reader or simply as an aggregator, is client software or a Web application which aggregates syndicated web content such as news headlines, blogs, podcasts, and vlogs in a single location for easy viewing.





2. a. Create RSS aggregator from Bloglines or Google Reader-

Aggregator
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In computing, a feed aggregator, also known as a feed reader, news reader or simply as an aggregator, is client software or a Web application which aggregates syndicated web content such as news headlines, blogs, podcasts, and vlogs in a single location for easy viewing.



I am using Google Reader- Aggregator

I also subscribed to Blogline, just to see the difference. I hope this doesn't confuse me.



b. subscribe to at least 5 newsfeeds to reader.

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3. Create post in blog about this exercise