This was the first time i ever used an RSS news feed format via google reader, and i must say it was a very interesting and educative learning experience. RSS which also stands for Really Simple Syndication and some call it Rich Site Summary, is a format that delivers the constant changes of a web content. It is mainly used by news related sites, web blogs and other online publishers to syndicate their content as an RSS feed to whoever wants it.
A tool like google reader, solves a problem for people who regularly use the web. It does so by allowing an individual to easily stay informed by retrieving the latest contents from the sites that interests him/her. By using google reader, a person can gain access to the feeds by simply subscribing to it. There are three ways to add the feeds to google reader: a) click the add subscription link and paste the address of the site that you need to add in the text field that appears, b) secondly, one can type in the keywords for a search and the reader would provide a list of web pages that contain the feeds and you can subscribe to any, c) last but not least, one can add bundles of feeds that are categorized into different labels such as news, sports, etc, this can be done by clicking on the browse for stuffs found on the left navigation page, and it would provide a list of bundles to subscribe to.
I found this technology very useful because of the following various reasons. Using google reader saves time by not needing to visit each site individually. It also allows customization, that is for example, if you are interested with sports news only, then you can subscribe to sports feeds whilst disregarding the unwanted feeds. One other factor that may also considered to make google reader a very useful tool is that it is spam free. Professionals have claimed that it is nearly impossible to be spammed on RSS, this is because you only subscribe to feeds you decide to and also that RSS are web pages, you don't have to see them if you choose not to.
References:
a) http://www.associatedcontent.com/
b) http://www.whatisrss.com/
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Twitter & Blogging
Twitter is one of the most widely used social network base by people to connect themselves to the world. Twitter has different uses by different people. It can be used by a company for marketing its products or coordinate business, it can be used by a family to keep in touch with relatives, can be used by media to keep its people informed about worldly events and news, and can also be used by a writer to build up a fan base.
In twitter people can send and read messages known as tweets. These are text based posts of up to 140 characters. Tweets are displayed on the author's profile page and is delivered to the author's subscribers who are known as followers. Thus i believe that twitter is one of the best ways to share and discover information of what is happening around the world.
In contrast a blog is used to describe websites that maintain an ongoing chronicle of information. It is frequently updated and ranges from personal to political views that focus on either one narrow subject of a whole range of subjects. Much of the blogs that i encountered throughout my learning process with blogging, focus on particular topics that include web design, home staging, sports, mobile technology and much more. Some were personal journals that presented the author's daily life and thoughts.
One blog under technology posted by Leslie Grandy (January 2010) talked about how consumers can optimize and extend capabilities of their Smartphone operating systems because mobile devices have become much more like handheld personal computers. It mentioned that a company named FIXMO is trying to enhance and maximize the usability of Smartphone. They are planning to do so by adding features like Flame Retardant, which would automatically silence the phone during and incoming sms, call or email when the calendar notices that you are in a meeting.
Another interesting blog from Google revealed that US democratic leaders were shocked to witness the winning of Scott Lee Cohen as their party's nomination for lieutenant governer, who was arrested four years ago and accused of holding a knife on his former girlfriend's neck.
Comparing twitter from blogging, I found that twitter was much faster, in the sense that it allows quick feedbacks from a diverse group of people, although blogging also allows this feature which can be one of the similarities between the two, but it is at a slower pace. Another issue was that blogging allow indepth posts where a person can freely and easily express him/herself, whereas tweets confine us with only 140 characters at a time, and thus much information cannot be expressed in one post.
I believe that both these networks are the best social networking site that connect the world as one family. Both blogging and twitter have proven to have positive affects on the world, whereby people can meet, share ideas, share problems of the everyday life and feel secured about their lives by the network of friends they create whos care and share with them.
References:
1) www.technorati.com/technology/gadgets
2) www.problogger.net
3) www.politicalwire.com
In twitter people can send and read messages known as tweets. These are text based posts of up to 140 characters. Tweets are displayed on the author's profile page and is delivered to the author's subscribers who are known as followers. Thus i believe that twitter is one of the best ways to share and discover information of what is happening around the world.
In contrast a blog is used to describe websites that maintain an ongoing chronicle of information. It is frequently updated and ranges from personal to political views that focus on either one narrow subject of a whole range of subjects. Much of the blogs that i encountered throughout my learning process with blogging, focus on particular topics that include web design, home staging, sports, mobile technology and much more. Some were personal journals that presented the author's daily life and thoughts.
One blog under technology posted by Leslie Grandy (January 2010) talked about how consumers can optimize and extend capabilities of their Smartphone operating systems because mobile devices have become much more like handheld personal computers. It mentioned that a company named FIXMO is trying to enhance and maximize the usability of Smartphone. They are planning to do so by adding features like Flame Retardant, which would automatically silence the phone during and incoming sms, call or email when the calendar notices that you are in a meeting.
Another interesting blog from Google revealed that US democratic leaders were shocked to witness the winning of Scott Lee Cohen as their party's nomination for lieutenant governer, who was arrested four years ago and accused of holding a knife on his former girlfriend's neck.
Comparing twitter from blogging, I found that twitter was much faster, in the sense that it allows quick feedbacks from a diverse group of people, although blogging also allows this feature which can be one of the similarities between the two, but it is at a slower pace. Another issue was that blogging allow indepth posts where a person can freely and easily express him/herself, whereas tweets confine us with only 140 characters at a time, and thus much information cannot be expressed in one post.
I believe that both these networks are the best social networking site that connect the world as one family. Both blogging and twitter have proven to have positive affects on the world, whereby people can meet, share ideas, share problems of the everyday life and feel secured about their lives by the network of friends they create whos care and share with them.
References:
1) www.technorati.com/technology/gadgets
2) www.problogger.net
3) www.politicalwire.com
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