Blogs and RSS John Dorner
What is a Blog? Short for Web Log An online journal Soap box Usually personal Easy to post Often allow comments
Examples for Extension Demonstration updates Your observations and thoughts Departmental updates Crop observations Extension office News Extension Newsletters
Blogs to check out TechTalk –blogs.lib.ncsu.edu/page/techtalk Tech, Knowledge and Community – /dcoates/ The Beef Blog Presentation Zen Creating Passionate Users
Why Blog Share Information! Everyone else is doing it Public expectations Share information Can be personal Can be organizational
Where do I start? blogger.com spaces.msn.com ($) blogs.lib.ncsu.edu MANY others
What is RSS? Rich Site Summary Really Simple Syndication News Feed –Your own AP or Reuters
Uses For Agents Keep up-to-date –How do you find all the stuff you do? I dont, it finds me – Kevin Gamble, eXtension Read Blogs Push your content
Online Feed Readers Online –Google (personalized home page) –Yahoo (personalized home page) –NewsGator –Bloglines –MANY MORE
Other News Readers FireFox Thunderbird MSIE 7 Dedicated readers –FeedReader –Sharpreader –Aggie –NetNewsWire (Mac) –Many others
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