Subscribing to RSS Feeds

A great shortcut to accessing information and news reading from other blogs is to try a newsreader. It will revolutionize your online lifestyle. Web-based readers include:
Bloglines, My Yahoo, Google, Headline Viewer, and Outlook (which is my personal favorite).

After you decide on a newsreader, the next step is to load it up with feeds. The presence of an RSS feed on any page (such as the New York Times) of any Web site is usually announced in some combination of four ways:

1. XML chicklets on the page (right click and copy--sometimes called RSS, sometimes XML)
2. Subscription buttons on the page (these will specify a newsreader type or name)
3. Subscription links on the page (some Web sites use just plain links on their pages)
4. A bookmark on your browser (you can also use your browser's own bookmarking mechanism).

Podcasts are audio programs distributed in RSS feeds as MP3 files. They are repeating programs that are produced daily, weekly, or according to a schedule. Podcasts resemble scheduled radio shows. They are connected to blogging in that they are available through directories for easy browsing and listening.

Try one at: http://podcasts.yahoo.com. www.odeo.com, or www.loomia.com.

Have a good day off tomorrow, Everyone!