RSS feeds at #3

The set up of the RSS feed didn't take long, as I had set one up a few months ago in Google (and forgot to check it--had over 1,000 stories that got 'read already' in a second:-)

The thing I like about RSS is that you can see all the stories/updates that occur without missing any (if you didn't get on computer that day or was unable to access one). The downside is when items aren't posted for long intervals (like blogs that quit) or too many get posted (like news channels or newspapers that repost stuff every few minutes). It gets a little overwhelming when that happens.

The newsfeeds would come in handy to keep up with technology/library sci. stuff in professional area blogs--in personal life, it would be a nice way to keep up with friends who blog, without checking everyone's page every day to keep up with what they're doing (MySpace allows people to subscribe to blogs if you are a member; Facebook gives a News page that does something similar--lists what your friends have added/done with their personal pages). I was able to easily add another 23 sticks bloggers' page to the feed by pasting their URL in--I was surprised the same didn't work at first when adding the CMLE blog--it worked only when I clicked on the 'add RSS feed' that was at the right hand side of the page (so used to looking for logos, I didn't notice the words at first).