Friday, May 30, 2008

Feeds (the RSS kind)

This blog, even with as interesting a subject as The Boy Yohan, doesn't get new content everyday. To help cope with the disappointment that must surely come with checking this page and not seeing any new content, I've added a couple features for you, the dear Reader.
  1. Subscribe via Email: Type in your email address, and you'll be notified whenever theres a post.
  2. Subscribe in an RSS Reader
(Links for both options are available on the top right of this blog's main page.)

What is RSS, you might ask. To put it briefly, it enables a one-stop shop for your internet content. Instead of visiting all your news sites and your favorite blogs individually, you fire up your RSS reader, and the content that you've subscribed for is all there. Kind-of like an inbox for the web. There are either browser-based RSS readers (I use Google Reader and love it!), or standalone readers you can install on your computer. If this is something you're interested in and would like to learn more, feel free to shoot me an email, and I'll be glad to help!

Heres an excellent video from the folks at Common Craft that explains 'RSS in plain English'.



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