RSS for the Real World
Before you go any further, realize this: RSS is really simple.
—Michael Fagan
It never ceases to amaze me that once we master a certain technology, we so quickly forget that we were once novices at it with a million questions and a certain degree of frustration. We need to remember that the best-designed and most-simple technology wins us over and stays with us forever—remember your first cell phone?
This summer, I received an email from a blog reader, “I really enjoy your blog, but I only read it once a month or so, because most of my blog reading is done with RSS feeds (I mainly use News Gator). Blogs I'm not subscribed to will eventually not get read at all….”
What was he talking about? RSS? News Gator? I had no clue. I thought it was cool enough just to have my own blog! How do I set up RSS? Do I need RSS? Great! More stuff I had to learn… or so I thought.
What Is RSS?
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Dana VanDen Heuvel is the New Media Director at Balance Studios, a worldwide firm specializing in animation, interactive development, and broadcast productions for feature film, B-to-B, and commercial clients. You can reach him by email at newmedia@balancestudios.com or phone at 920-433-9770.
