Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Thing #3 RSS

Right, well, RSS, what can I say about RSS? I've been using bloglines for a year or so now, and It's okay. I got myself a google reader account for this here 23 things, and it, like bloglines, is okay.

I guess I haven't found the awesomeness inherent in RSS yet. I'm just not hip to the RSS jive. Perhaps I don't read enough web stuff on a daily basis. Or perhaps I get overwhelmed seeing all the stuff accumulating on my RSS readers. But I just don't like it. I've said before that I dig the web 2.0 stuff, and I really do, just not RSS. It's far easier for me to just go to the web sites I want to look at. Maybe if Marvel comics new web comics had a way to read full issues through RSS I'd be more down with the RSS craze. If smalljoes.com could update me when they get the 25th anniversary gold headed Destro back in stock through RSS, I'd chuckle with glee at the prospect. As it is, RSS is somethnig I've got going on, but don't have a whole lot of use for. Who knows what the future holds though.

I think it's a great way to push out a library newsletter, or to let patrons know when new stuff comes in.
 
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