RSS, real simple syndication

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RSS, real simple syndication
Skills subscribe to feeds, read feeds IT
concepts RSS feed, polling vs.
publish-subscribe, stand-alone vs Web based
reader, podcast, event stream
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Where does this topic fit?

• Internet concepts
• Applications (RSS)
• Technology
• Implications
• Internet skills
• Application development
• Content creation

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Polling
Subscription
Just checking for new stuff. Is there anything
new? Any new stuff? Anything new? Whats
new? Got anything new for me?
Automatic delivery or notification of new
information.
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Two ways to subscribe to a blog, Twitter stream
or any other stream of events
You receive an email whenever a new item is
posted.

• New items are periodically downloaded to your RSS
  reader.

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RSS is really simple
Short video on RSS
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Installed vs. browser-based RSS readers
A program you install on your computer
A program that is downloaded by your Web client
when you visit the Google Reader Web site
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I use both
Podcasts with audio or video enclosures
Text based material like blog posts, tweets, and
calendar notifications
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Update frequency
Juice checks feeds when you click the Check All
command
Google Reader checks your subscription feeds
about once an hour
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Finding podcasts
National Public Radio IT Conversations TWIT
TV Many other directories and aggregators
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RSS feeds for any event streamfor example when
someone

• Adds a new appointment to their calendar
• Posts a reply to a forum post
• Adds a record to a database
• Places an order for a given product
• Ships an order
• Mentions your name in a company email
• Posts an image on Flickr
• Tweets
• Visits a certain page on the company Web site
• Mentions the company name on specified news sites

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Think of RSS as a tool to create a
Customized newspaper Customized radio
station Customized business intelligence
newsletter
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A few questions
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We listed several examples RSS event stream
feeds. Can you think of others? Do any of the
IT podcasts at TWIT TV or IT Conversations sound
interesting to you? Do any of the general
interest podcasts at National Public Radio sound
interesting to you? Are there other podcast
directories?
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RSS, real simple syndication
Skills subscribe to feeds, read feeds IT
concepts RSS feed, polling vs.
publish-subscribe, stand-alone vs Web based
reader, podcast, event stream
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0
License.