Wednesday 3 December 2008

Follow this Blog, without the hassle

Photo Credit: koka_sexton
No - you don't need to be a geek to read this

The ‘Subscribe in a reader' link at the top right of this Blog is seriously useful. An RSS Reader is a software tool which allows you to save a lot of time and hassle if you follow blogs, or browse other types of sites, which are regularly updated e.g. news sites. Have you really got time to visit tonnes of sites to see if they’ve been updated or not? Yes? – well then, you’re a student.
No? – then join the RSS revolution.
Right - this is where it could get heavy because RSS, which stands for Really Simple Syndication, has a habit of not actually sounding really simple. If you do like reading techie stuff (geek!), here’s a good summary re: RSS. Put simply however, by subscribing to 'RSS feeds' instead of physically visiting sites such as this blog, you 'automatically pull’ any newly updated content on those sites, and can then access this content in a convenient manner.

Think of a paper-boy delivering the newspaper to you so you don't have to visit the newsagent, think of an octopus whose tentacles constantly stretch and grab here and there, think of a rainbow...erm, anyway, here are some of the ways you could, for instance, follow this very blog via RSS:

- Click the ‘Subscribe in a reader' link and select ‘View Feed XML’. You will now get to view new content directly via the ‘feeds’ icon which is conveniently located in the favourites folder of Internet Explorer. Nice.

- The above method is very neat and tidy if you’ve got direct access to your desktop PC or laptop when you want to view content, but what if you wish to access content on the go, or on someone else’s machine? Click the aforementioned link and select one of the web-based Readers instead, such as the popular Bloglines or Google Reader. Now you can log-in to your RSS reader anywhere, any time, whatever machine you're on.

- What if you’ve got a Windows-Mobile based Pocket PC (yes, I don’t care about those outsiders who use Palms, or I-Phones or other such contraptions – do your own homework! Lol) and want to view this blog in your browser, but optimised visually and structurally? Download and install a free Windows-Mobile based RSS Reader such as Viigo
and simply add my blog’s RSS URL Channel: http://everydaysikhee.blogspot.com/atom.xml – done! Now this blog will be nicely optimised on your PDA/Smartphone, with lots of handy localised software options, and you can read it anywhere, at any time.

Right, that’s enough blog publicity generation for one day. I’m going to have my cake and milk, then off to bed!
((((Subliminal message - You must click the 'subscribe to this feed' link right below this line, ...I command you...mwah-ha-ha-ha-ha-haa!!!)))

( ( ( :-) >>> Atma Singh

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