So I was a bit stumped with thing #8- to learn all about RSS feeds and start a Bloglines newsreader account. I have to say, (horrors), I'm not a big fan. I added several of my favorite sites to my bloglines account, but found that I'd rather take the extra time and go to each site and read through them myself. I can appreciate the speediness and organization of having everything in one spot, but I don't warm to it. If I had a homepage on my home computer (which is currently afflicted with the blue screen of death), I'd probably have enjoy a newsreader much more. The one thing that has come from learning about the RSS feeds, is that I see that little orange button *everywhere* now! Including my fave: etsy.com, where I can see quickly when my favorite sellers have added items. Like these fabulous earrings from Maggie Joynt's shop..
Those earrings are so pretty! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm in agreement with you about RSS. I don't really see the point! The few pages I look at that have feeds don't seem to update them very often and I'd just as soon go look at the page myself anyhow. Whoa, maybe we're old-fashioned internet users!
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Jonathan, I couldn't have said it better myself! I did have that thought that maybe I'm just old-fashioned... :) I guess I can see the point if you want to keep track of blogs that you won't remember, or read very often. But yeah, all in all, won't be using it.
ReplyDeleteI now have visions of sitting around saying "In my day when we wanted to know what was on a web page, we went and looked at it ourselves..." I see myself with a protruding stubbly chin and no teeth, growling this from a rocking chair...
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