RSS feeds was something I had never heard of before. Now I have discovered that it can be frustrating searching through websites for ones I am interested in adding to my Bloglines and then finding if they have a feed or not. Although I can see the benefits of having all updates on on websites and news that you like to follow or keep track of, in one place, I don't think it is something that I will keep up once this exercise is finished. I did like the way you could pick certain subjects that interested you, e.g. Motorsport, from sites such as the NZ Herald, thus saving you time having to look through all the paper for what you want to read. This may be one way for libraries to keep up with relevant topical situations, eg olympics.
For someone who sits in front of a computer all day and likes up to the minute information I can see the usefullness for these feeds. For someone who only accesses the internet occasionally I feel that RSS feeds are not really useful.
Up until now I have had quite a narrow view of internet and this has certainly widened my horizons. I really did not think there was that much stuff out there.
When looking at Feedster, Topix.net, Syndic8.com and Technorati I found that Feedster was boring and I did not like the way it gave you no options and you had to type in your specific search. I liked Topix.net in the way that it was relevant to where you live and gave you options of places to go and things to look at. Technorati seemed too confusing to me and the tutorial was not any more enlightening.
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That's alright! Even if you don't find them useful, you can always suggest them to someone else to make yourself sound technologically saavy! ;) Great work!
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