RSS Feeds

This training blog is hosted by wordpress. I’ve discovered that it is relatively easy to add RSS feeds. You can see two examples to the right:

• The Alumni Blog
• Public Education Network

All you need to do is add RSS widgets to your blog, type in the feed’s URL in the appropriate box, and then give the feed a title.  You have options on number of items to show (I chose three), identifying the author, and how much text to display.

The main issue with RSS feeds is content. There seems to be plenty of “outside” opportunities to include content, Public Education Network is an example. The big question is what do we want to include, and how often.

Jing

Click on this link to see my Jing Database Searching presentation.

Del.icio.us

For quite a while now I have been using del.icio.us bookmarks, my user name is libroboy (yes, I know it’s a goofy screen name, but all the good ones had been taken).

The features I like about del.icio.us are that you can keep all of your bookmarks in one place on the web. So, if your computer blows-up or gets re-imaged, then there’s no wailing about lost bookmarks. Other features are that you can tag sites, organize them into bundles (or folders), and share them with others. You can also use del.icio.us as a website search engine; it’s a little bit like NOT having to re-invent the wheel, plus It’s a good way to see what others have been tagging, and which sites are popular for a particular topic. Del.icio.us can also be integrated with facebook.