1. Blogs and RSS John Dorner john_dorner@ncsu.eduwww.nacaa.com/ampic/2006/

2. What is a Blog? Short for Web Log An online journal Soap box Usually personal Easy to post Often allow comments

3. Examples for Extension Demonstration updates Your observations and thoughts Departmental updates Crop observations Extension office News Extension Newsletters

4. Blogs to check out TechTalk –blogs.lib.ncsu.edu/page/techtalk Tech, Knowledge and Community –http://www.extension.iastate.edu/mt /dcoates/ The Beef Blog Presentation Zen Creating Passionate Users

5. Why Blog Share Information! Everyone else is doing it Public expectations Share information Can be personal Can be organizational

6. Where do I start? blogger.com spaces.msn.com www.typepad.com ($) blogs.lib.ncsu.edu MANY others

7. What is RSS? Rich Site Summary Really Simple Syndication News Feed –Your own AP or Reuters

8. 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

9. Online Feed Readers Online –Google (personalized home page) –Yahoo (personalized home page) –NewsGator –Bloglines –MANY MORE

10. Other News Readers FireFox Thunderbird MSIE 7 Dedicated readers –FeedReader –Sharpreader –Aggie –NetNewsWire (Mac) –Many others

11. Questions? John Dorner john_dorner@ncsu.edu This PowerPoint is available at: www.nacaa.com/ampic/2006/