RSS : The Coming RSS Revolution. Syndication
Source: Forbes
The Coming RSS Revolution
An introduction to RSS from a mainstream business publication. Feedster and NetNewsWire are mentioned. No mention of other syndication standards. Information professionals wanting to learn more about RSS and other syndication tools should check out this "classic" article by Steven Cohen and his Library Stuff site. Jenny Levine's site is also a good place to learn more. Both Steven and Jenny continue to be the leaders in teaching the library community about RSS and syndication. Finally, the article doesn't mention that many web-based solutions exist that allow you to organize and read RSS and other feeds without having to purchase and download any software. Bloglines.com (free) and MyFeedster (free) are two examples.
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Weblogs : The Beginners Guide to Weblogs and RSS.

I will be facilitating an online workshop on weblogs and RSS for Learning Times, the company that put together the successful Online Library Conference late last year. The workshop will consist of four one-hour online sessions on consecutive Tuesdays in April. The description is as follows:

"This hands-on training will explore a few of the numerous software tools that are currently being used to both publish to weblogs as well as read content via RSS. During this online workshop, the attendees will have the opportunity to post/publish to a weblog, explore the features available with the software, as well as examine content via a news aggregator. A introductory discussion of weblogs and RSS will be undertaken before participants dive into the training. If you have ever thought about creating your own weblog or utilizing an aggregator to read news but have been a bit skeptical then this training session is for you. This workshop will be a hands-on exploration of the use of weblogs and RSS primarily for professional goals. While, anyone is welcome to attend, the workshop will be taught in the context of how this can benefit the information professional and librarian. Please come with your enthusiasm, ideas, and questions. Because the workshop is online, participants can work for any Internet ready computer."

I hope to see some of you there. [Library Stuff]

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