Tuesday, July 7, 2009

RSS Feeds

Okay, I was aware of RSS feeds for some time now, but didn't know that "RSS" stands for Real Simple Syndication. I also found the videos helpful. I went to Helen Blower's Library Bytes feed and signed up after watching a video about how news is being reported as it happens now via the Internet. Compare that to the Battle of New Orleans being fought after the War of 1812 was already over, or Juneteeth recently being celebrated because the slaves in Texas didn't know until June that the Civil War was over. And now we don't even have to wait for a newspaper to publish or a TV newscast to tell us what is going on in the world. Amazing, truly amazing.

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