Archive for the ‘RSS’ Category

Google Reader in Plain English

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

Oh, hello. Sorry I've been away for so long. I have excuses but you don't need them. So, I'm sorry. But we're coming back! With a new way of distributing these 170 spoons. I'll try to get into all that as we pick the journey back ...

Get Web Updates on the Go

Monday, March 17th, 2008

WHY? You are busy and your love your mobile phone's Internet access so read web updates on the go. Today I was talking with a few people about 170spoons.com and last week's series about getting updates from websites. They love the idea of going to just one website to ...

eNewsletter two - RSS Review

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

Even though I don't believe the eNewsletter subscription is working, I decided to go ahead and write another weekend recap anyway. It's been a full week here at 170spoons.com. It's been "RSS Week"! I hope that this has been a helpful exercise for you in understanding what this is all ...

Interesting Things to Subscribe To using RSS

Friday, March 14th, 2008

WHY? There are lots of things to read in your RSS reader so let's subscribe to some! You have yourself a RSS reader (like Google Reader) but you need some interesting feeds or websites to subscribe to. Let's get some interesting stuff! Remember if you are using Firefox you can ...

Reading Web Updates Effectively using Google Reader

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

WHY? Focus on the web updates you really want to digest while skipping or saving others for later makes you more effective. Now that you are motivated to receive updates from your favorite websites and you know how to get updates all in one place, let's talk about how to make ...

Setting Up a RSS Reader - Google Reader

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

WHY? You know there is a way to get your website updates in one place, you just need that place! Earlier this week we talked about why it's not such a bad idea to subscribe to RSS way of life. Now that you've tasted the Kool-aid, let's get into how ...

Keeping Up With Websites the New Way - RSS

Monday, March 10th, 2008

WHY? Going to one website for many updates is better than going to many websites with no updates. Ever since I began talking about opening this site for tools, tips, and tutorials for technology, I began getting requests to explain something called RSS. I decided I'll take a few days ...