I consider myself relatively tech savy (at least not embarrassingly illiterate). I recently learned how to use RSS – which just seems like something I should have known about for a long time. So, forgive me if this is ridiculously simple for you, but in case you don’t know how to use RSS, here goes…
Bottom line:
1. If you want to follow a blog or website you can subscribe with RSS
2. Anytime the site posts new information it will be automatically sent to you
3. The new posts are listed by title – you click on the ones you want to read
4. This saves a lot of time
Here’s more details:
- RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication
- When you find a website you want to follow, find either the RSS symbol or something like “to subscribe” and pick RSS
- Pick which RSS reader you want to use. I use Google reader but there are a lot of other readers out there to choose from. Using a reader like Google, Yahoo, MSN, etc lets you access the reader from any computer, unlike some of the other readers listed here
- Open your reader when you want to see what’s new on the websites you follow – the “headlines” of all the new posts will be listed. Clicking on any headline takes you to the full story
Here are a few more sites if you need more information: