Comments on: The Joy of RSS, or an Explanation I Have Been Putting off Far too Long. http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2006/the-joy-of-rss-or-an-explanation-i-have-been-putting-off-far-to-long/ Thoughts on Technology and Higher Education Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:05:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Adjunct Advice » Blog Archive » Revving Up Your RSS Feeds with Dr. David Parry http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2006/the-joy-of-rss-or-an-explanation-i-have-been-putting-off-far-to-long/comment-page-1/#comment-100338 Adjunct Advice » Blog Archive » Revving Up Your RSS Feeds with Dr. David Parry Thu, 18 Dec 2008 06:46:42 +0000 http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/?p=54#comment-100338 [...] Once again, Dr. David Parry has agreed to share his tech wisdom with Adjunct Advice. Rather than going for a broad sense of technology, this interview focuses exclusively on the effective and efficient use of RSS feeds. As this interview demonstrates, RSS is much easier to use and more powerful when you organize your feeds. In addition to this interview, I suggest you read David’s own article about RSS feeds here. [...] [...] Once again, Dr. David Parry has agreed to share his tech wisdom with Adjunct Advice. Rather than going for a broad sense of technology, this interview focuses exclusively on the effective and efficient use of RSS feeds. As this interview demonstrates, RSS is much easier to use and more powerful when you organize your feeds. In addition to this interview, I suggest you read David’s own article about RSS feeds here. [...]

]]> By: Gregory Zobel http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2006/the-joy-of-rss-or-an-explanation-i-have-been-putting-off-far-to-long/comment-page-1/#comment-6889 Gregory Zobel Sat, 31 Mar 2007 22:06:57 +0000 http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/?p=54#comment-6889 Thank you, thank you! Finally, someone has explained feeds so I have a clue what they're about. I'm trying to get clued into tech & teaching (English comp) and your site has been VERY helpful. Thank you! I'm serious, this should be required reading for the technically uninitiated like me. Kind regards, Gregory Thank you, thank you! Finally, someone has explained feeds so I have a clue what they’re about. I’m trying to get clued into tech & teaching (English comp) and your site has been VERY helpful. Thank you! I’m serious, this should be required reading for the technically uninitiated like me.

Kind regards,
Gregory

]]> By: dave http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2006/the-joy-of-rss-or-an-explanation-i-have-been-putting-off-far-to-long/comment-page-1/#comment-210 dave Tue, 05 Sep 2006 11:41:43 +0000 http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/?p=54#comment-210 Tim, Good question. I would say Safari, or a built in RSS reader is like using webmail over a mail application, it works especially if you are not handling a lot of information. For example the three paneled layout is key for me in being able to run through all of the headlines. Also these dedicated readers have ways to tag and flag articles, sort etc. Again key when it comes to handling large amounts, and i working off line. And if you are on a Mac Newsfire and NetNewsWire work so seemlessly with whatever browser you choose (you can choose to have the articles open in Safari) that the programs almost work as one. But I am also working both sides of the fence here, since you will notice that I am encouraging students to use Flock. But Flock comes the closest to a dedicated RSS reader, and offers other features for the students, so it is a bit of a tradeoff. Tim,
Good question. I would say Safari, or a built in RSS reader is like using webmail over a mail application, it works especially if you are not handling a lot of information. For example the three paneled layout is key for me in being able to run through all of the headlines. Also these dedicated readers have ways to tag and flag articles, sort etc. Again key when it comes to handling large amounts, and i working off line. And if you are on a Mac Newsfire and NetNewsWire work so seemlessly with whatever browser you choose (you can choose to have the articles open in Safari) that the programs almost work as one. But I am also working both sides of the fence here, since you will notice that I am encouraging students to use Flock. But Flock comes the closest to a dedicated RSS reader, and offers other features for the students, so it is a bit of a tradeoff.

]]> By: Teaching and other Carnivals « Melete Online http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2006/the-joy-of-rss-or-an-explanation-i-have-been-putting-off-far-to-long/comment-page-1/#comment-209 Teaching and other Carnivals « Melete Online Tue, 05 Sep 2006 05:11:28 +0000 http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/?p=54#comment-209 [...] *Links from the Teaching Carnival led me to a good explanation of RSS over at academHack. [...] [...] *Links from the Teaching Carnival led me to a good explanation of RSS over at academHack. [...]

]]> By: Tim http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2006/the-joy-of-rss-or-an-explanation-i-have-been-putting-off-far-to-long/comment-page-1/#comment-208 Tim Tue, 05 Sep 2006 03:37:02 +0000 http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/?p=54#comment-208 What benefits does a stand-alone reader, like NetNewsWire, offer over the built in RSS abilities of Safari? What benefits does a stand-alone reader, like NetNewsWire, offer over the built in RSS abilities of Safari?

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