I’ve waited to post the next article as this news falls so in line with keeping up with Keeping up with other’s blogs. I mentioned using RSS feeds to watch other people’s blogs easier.
Well someone liked RSS so much, they wanted to promote its use more. Thus RSS Day was born.
I have always provided and RSS feed for people to subscribe to if they want. Additionally, you can also get the same information via e-mail if you don’t have an RSS feed reader. Just use the bright orange icons near the top right of the column to subscribe to our posts.
However, what most people don’t know is that RSS can be used for more than just tracking author’s blogs. Here are some other ways which they can be used.
- Tracking New Class Offerings – I developed this at my job a while back to inform others on training opportunities that the company offered
- Managing Meetings – we noticed than classes are really just a meeting time with a specific goal, so why not use them to track meetings too. Google Calendar will allow you to generate an RSS feed which you and other’s can subscribe to.
- Job Postings – I’m currently developing an RSS feed to allow people to keep up with new job postings on an internal job board
- News outlets
- By category
- Popularity
- Overall
- Tracking site changes
- For Fun (Comics and TV Listings) – I’ve seen several instance’s where this has worked well. So don’t forget in all of this work, to have a little fun.
If you want to see a good video on RSS feeds check out this ~3 minute video:
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