Easily keep up with your favourite blogs
November 12, 2008 by rockportrait
Browsing through the internet as I tend to do quite often, I stumbled upon a solution looking for a problem. Well, the problem already exists in Australia at least – people don’t understand RSS feeds and don’t remember to regularly view their favourite web pages to check for new content.
I’d like to make it easier for you to know when I post new content, so I have three options for you.
- Subscribe to my newsletter.
This is by far the easiest option. Every time I write a new blog entry you will receive an email that day telling you about my post. Simply enter your email address into the eNews & Updates box in the top right of each page, or use the one I’ve included for you here.eNews & Updates
Sign up to receive breaking news
as well as receive other site updates! - Use an RSS reader.
RSS means really simple syndication, and it’s a way to automatically see the headlines (and sometimes full posts) of any new content added to an RSS-enabled website. All blogs are RSS-enabled, and many sites these days will be too. The more geeky of us will have a dedicated RSS reader already downloaded and installed, but I strongly recommend Google Reader. Once you’re signed up for Google Reader you only need to find “Subscribe” links in the web sites you are viewing to be able to add them to the Reader. And while you’re at it, sign up for a Gmail account. It’s far superior to Hotmail or Yahoo, and I’ll go so far as to say it will beat whatever else you are using hands down. Contact me to have a chat about it if you have questions.
- A third option is appealing to those who prefer to use email only, and are not big on browsing to other web sites to see what’s going on.
http://lifehacker.com/5080971/tabbloid-turns-your-rss-feed-into-a-newspaperIt doesn’t appear to include any photographs, and I got bored of the idea after two deliveries, but perhaps it might suit you. Simply give them your email address and the addresses of all the feeds you are interested in. Bingo! New magazine style emails every day for you to browse through without ever leaving your email application.
