RSS in Plain English--Really Simple to Understand too!

Okay, I admit it.

I hear alot about RSS and I know what it stands for, but when I click on the icon for RSS feeds off a website, it looks like code to me.

Luckily, I just was forward this really simple to understand video (from CommonCraft) on how it works.

Video: RSS in Plain English

Let me know what you think of it.  And I'll let you know if I actually do it!

 Anne


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Submitted by anne.abrams on May 3, 2007 - 3:45pm.

RSS is nothing without...
Comment by: Memo Cordova (not verified); May 4, 2007 - 8:37am
Great video, Anne! Yes, by itself RSS is all gobbledygook and not all that useful--but get a news reader like Google Reader or Bloglines and then watch it come alive into beautiful and informative web content.

The guys at Commoncraft did
Comment by: Daniel (not verified); May 27, 2007 - 8:10pm
The guys at Commoncraft did a great job with this video. It's a very simple explanation of RSS but it gets the message across remarkably well.

Video for wikis
Comment by: Dan (not verified); June 2, 2007 - 12:46am
By the way the same group created another video but this time about wikis. You can find it here: http://www.commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english It doesn't have the same punch as the RSS video but it's still quite good.