RSS demystified

Wondering about RSS? Here’s an excellent introduction that explains all about feeds and aggregators.

If you’re visiting this Web site and others at irregular intervals in your Web browser, I strongly encourage you to learn about RSS. By using an RSS aggregator, you can skip the tedium of checking all your favorite Web sites and trying to figure out if anything’s changed. Your RSS aggregator does the checking for you, and whenever something new appears, you’ll be the first to know about it.

If you’re just getting started out, consider using Bloglines. You sign up for a free account, and then start adding sites to your list. From that point on, you can go to Bloglines and see all your subscriptions in one place. (Hint: Do a search on Bloglines for my name and you’ll have a chance to preview what the service looks like as well as to subscribe to my RSS feed by just clicking on a link.)