One thing about the web is that you often find yourself somehow pointed toward a particularly interesting or useful article on a blog you’d never otherwise read. An example: someone pointed me to a Really Simple Explanation (RSE) of RSS feeds and how they work. It’s on a blog called “Back in Skinny Jeans,” and is entitled “How to explain RSS the Oprah Way.” “The Oprah way” is apparently cute, simple, and to the point.
Why, you ask, do I need RSS feeds? Well, they’re useful in all kinds of ways, for students doing research, employees keeping up with issues, classes keeping their collective eye on something in the news. They can be delivered to your web browser, to a feed reader, or to the sidebar of your course blog.
Now you may not like Oprah, but chances are you know someone who could use the simple explanation of RSS feeds, and why to use them, and how to use them.
That said, this article might never have come across my radar. It’s from a blog about celebrities and makeup and not really my scene. I was aghast when I saw another recent article, “What? Prince William and Kate Middleton broke up?!?” (I only care ’cause they went to my Alma Mater, honest.) And effegies of Richard Gere are being burned in India?!? Oh dear.
Anyway, I am spending too much time on my work, clearly, and not enough on media-watching.
But maybe the best media-watching is done effortlessly, via RSS, and is stored securely somehow until you go to access it.
So next time you’re trying to explain that to someone blissfully not geeky, try sharing this link.
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