Using Web Feeds or

How to Love the Internet Again

We have a problem

29 700 000 000

web pages

16,000 advertisements

logoslabelsa day

1,000new books

a day

178 messages

a day

10 point drop

in IQ

5 point drop

in IQ

Take control of the technologyinstead of it controlling us

The Internet can feedyou

What are web feeds?

Automatic updates from

the web

Different names (RSS, Atom, XML)

What kind of sites have feeds?

My favourite feeds:•Blogs•Wikis•Gov web sites•Discussion groups

Above all:•Customized searches

Build customized news feeds

Enter search term

Click on RSS or Atom

3 ways to collect updates

1. E-mail2. Feed Readers3. Dashboards

E-mail• Google Alerts• Gov’t web sites• Some blogs

Readers• Create your

own newspaper

Videohttp://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english

Dashboard •oversee your information

Intro to iGoogle Video

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/854331/introduction_to_igoogle/

Work Smarter, Not Harder

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ReferencesSlide 1:Photo from http://www.flickr.com/photos/james_michael_hill/88311128/

Slide 2:Photo from http://www.edwardburtynsky.com/Statistic from http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/misc/sizeofweb.html

Slide 3:Photo from http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/440698504/sizes/l/

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Slide 5:Info from http://library.humboldt.edu/~ccm/fingertips/ioverloadstats.htmlPhoto from www.flickr.com/photos/branimir/181875640/

Slide 6:Photo from istockphoto.com

Slide 7:Info from (http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7298)Photo from http://www.flickr.com/photos/confusedvision/135015446/

Slide 8:Photo from http://www.flickr.com/photos/will-lion/2595497078/sizes/o/

ReferencesSlide 9Photo from http://www.flickr.com/photos/piet_musterd/383519317/sizes/l/

Slide 11:Photo from http://www.flickr.com/photos/lecates/454787692/sizes/l/

Slide 12: Photo from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vox/2208835201/sizes/o/

Slide 14: Graphic from http://www.slideshare.net/bwatwood/using-rss

Slide 15:Photo from http://www.flickr.com/photos/grantmac/362496331/sizes/o/

Slide 16: http://www.flickr.com/photos/monoglot/249831652/sizes/l/

ReferencesSlide 22:http://www.flickr.com/photos/monoglot/275958740/sizes/l/

Slide 28:http://www.flickr.com/photos/95579828@N00/71240905/

Slide 29:http://www.flickr.com/photos/ingirogiro/189239267/sizes/l/

Slide 31:RSS in Plain English Videohttp://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=086faafd8c122981cc82

Slide 32:http://w7w.flickr.com/photos/cobalt/359647981/

Slide 34:http://www.metacafe.com/watch/854331/introduction_to_igoogle/