Even better: It’s a video! I’ve tried to explain the usefulness of RSS (aka: “The new, fast way to read news and blogs”) to people unfamiliar with the concept, but usually end up mired in technical geek speak. From here on out, I’ll just ask them to take a look at this. (H/T: Open Culture)
Archive for the 'RSS' Category
Best explanation of RSS I’ve ever seen
Published by April 25th, 2007 in RSS, Technology, Web 2.0, Web/Internet and Weblogs. 0 CommentsBest use of new media in a political campaign: Mitt Romney (UPDATED)
Published by January 28th, 2007 in RSS, Social Networking, Technology, Web 2.0, Web/Internet and Weblogs. 2 CommentsIn 2004 we saw the Howard Dean campaign really show how blogging and the Internet could help raise awareness and understanding of a presidential candidate. While we now take it for granted, it was pretty revolutionary for a politician to keep a blog on the campaign trail back then, and his novel use of the [...]
It’s not time to kill the press release yet
Published by January 21st, 2007 in PR in the Media, PR Practice, Public Relations, RSS, Social Networking, Technology, Web 2.0, Web/Internet, Weblogs and Writing. 1 CommentI had to groan a bit when I read Robert Scoble’s recent comments (agreeing with similar comments made by Stowe Boyd) about the need to get rid of the press release as a mechanism for distributing information. Scoble is one of my favorite daily reads, but I think he’s off when he suggests press releases [...]
Site updates: mini-linkblog in sidebar and new “About” page
Published by January 14th, 2007 in RSS, Uncategorized, Web 2.0, Web/Internet and Weblogs. 0 CommentsJust a quick aside/update: My five most recent Google Reader shared items can now be found in the sidebar. Also, the “About” page, which had serious formatting issues, is now fixed and readable.
Google Reader makes linkblogging easy
Published by January 7th, 2007 in RSS, Technology, Web 2.0, Web/Internet and Weblogs. 0 CommentsA few months back I converted from Bloglines as my primary RSS reader to Google Reader. So far Google has done a good job of updating its product with new features, including the ability to publicly “share” items from your RSS feeds. Mine is a mish-mash of technology and PR posts so far, but will [...]
Ahh, I know I’m late to the table writing about this, and I’m sure you’ve probably read it on a million other PR blogs, but I had to but my own $.02 on the Bad Pitch Blog. I love blogs like this. Every time I read the Bad Pitch Blog, I come away with information [...]
Something Interesting This Way Comes…
Published by October 8th, 2005 in RSS, Web/Internet and Weblogs. 0 CommentsMicrosoft is heavily incorporating RSS into its next operating system, Windows Vista. Weblogs, Inc., a popular blog network, has been purchased by AOL. Google has launched blog search and newsreader tools. Once the heavyweights begin making serious moves into a space, you know it’s for real and it’s not going away. Considering the amount of [...]
Tim Bray recently posted how "one click subscription" is necessary for wider adoption of RSS. I’ve often thought the same thing. While RSS isn’t really difficult to use right now, it certainly isn’t obvious. For example, how would someone know that if they need to right-click the little orange "XML" button and "copy link location" [...]
