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Review of Blogs and RSS in WSJ

From the WSJ Personal Technology site, Blogs Can Help You Cope With Data Overload, If You Manage Them, addresses how newsreaders can help blog aficionados stay current with all the latest postings from a burgeoning community of content. Of note, Bloglines will be adding “unobtrusive Google-style ads to bring in revenue.” The author also mentions… Continue Reading

New York Times Expands RSS Feeds

The New York Times is now providing 28 topical RSS feeds. Examples include Campaign 2004, Circuits, NYTimes.com Home Page, Technology, and Week in Review. Related resource: From PCWorld.com, News on Demand – Tired of browsing around the Web for timely information? RSS readers deliver exactly the news you need–fast. Continue Reading

RSS Feeds for State Weather Advisories

Experimental Listings of Watches, Warnings, and Advisories by State and Territory: “This page provides access to NWS watches, warnings and advisors, listed by state in three different formats. Select a state name to view a list of active alerts in your web browser. These files are updated about every two minutes. Select a state name… Continue Reading

Two New Articles on RSS

RSS: Grassroots Support Leads to Mass Appeal approaches evaluating RSS in the context of e-learning as well as KM, with useful resource links and additional value added by a discussion of the Open Archives Initiative. News on Demand: “Tired of browsing around the Web for timely information? RSS readers deliver exactly the news you need–fast.” Continue Reading

Primer on RSS and Commentary on Its Limitations

The New York Time provides a useful guide to RSS and newsfeed applications, noting free and fee-based services, as well as limitations of the technology. This article is not a comprehensive review, so for more information check my previous topical postings. From the Online Journalism Reviews, RSS Feeds Can Build Web Traffic, but Fence Sitters… Continue Reading