[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >In a message dated 1/26/05 11:27:33 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL >PROTECTED] >writes: > > > >>The recent conversation about RSS and the subsequent questions about "What >>exactly is RSS?" got me thinking that we need to have a repository on the >>DDN website of commonly used jargon and their definitions >> >> > >Perhaps it could be more valuable if you could add examples and >illustrations. > >Don Samuelson > > Actually, the only possible way to add examples and illustrations would be to get people using it. It's really simple. Get a feedreader, such as Feedreader: http://www.feedreader.com/ Copy a link of an XML/RSS feed into the feedreader, following the instructions.
The problem here is the problem with a lot of technology. It requires a small investment of effort on the part of the user. We could write broad academic papers on this, and do exactly what you suggest, but in the end people will still have to do exactly what is above - a small investment of effort. We could invest a lot of effort into writing examples and illustrations and hope people try it. Or people could just try it. Personally, I think that it would be more efficient if people just tried it. Once you do, it's amazingly simple. :-) -- Taran Rampersad [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxgazette.com http://www.a42.com http://www.worldchanging.com http://www.knowprose.com http://www.easylum.net "Criticize by creating." — Michelangelo _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
