RSS…Feed ME!!!!

Let me preface this blog by saying that I will probably talk about my kids a lot in these blogs.  I can’t help it, they’re great!  Plus, they know their way around a computer, let me tell ya. 

Last August I attended a Web 2.0 presentation by the wonderfully informative Laura Solomon.  Needless to say, I walked away with a fair amount of basic knowledge and a thirst for more.  I learned about Library 2.0, podcasts (I even starred in one!), Second Life, and much more.  One of the great things I learned about that day was RSS Feeders.  I had wondered for a while what that strange orange block was at the top of my yahoo! homepage.  I even noticed that we had one on the library’s website.  I remember one day I clicked on it and was met with a load of mumble-jumble.  I was happy to find out from Laura that I had not broken the Internet, I just needed a special “reader” to view the information.  I learned about bloglines and how helpful it can be to people who like to be in the know.  After the presentation, I did my own research, scoping out bloglines and such.  I guess I wasn’t too impressed because I didn’t create an account.  Even then I could see the use for such a thing, I just didn’t think I needed to be that connected.  Well, Thing 5 has let me see the error of my ways.  I now have an RSS reader, through Google, though not bloglines.  It’s better this way; I don’t have to remember yet another password, since I can just sign in through my gmail account.  I have set up my reader, and I have subscribed to so many things.  Music, movies, games, food…I’m getting it all and in one great place!  I can’t wait to tell my daughter about it; maybe she can anime and manga news.  Gee, I sound like a commercial or something.  I love this!  It’s neat to have all that information right at my fingertips; even stuff I didn’t know I wanted!  Wait, maybe that’s a little crazy.  You tell me.