RSS Feeds for Academic Uses
JOHO the Blog has a cool post linking to this interesting look at RSS feeds on Pito’s Blog. Pito has done some searching on how academicians and scientists are using RSS feeds to stay connected to information. Very interesting. A neat tool to keep in touch with what’s happening without plowing through a bunch of sites on a daily basis. Several examples are featured, including Science Magazine online. See especially the link to RSS feeds for online periodicals at the University of Saskatchewan.
You can use the RSS feeds at the right side of this blog to keep up on changes in Trends and Issues in Extension. Want more information on how to use RSS feeds as a tool? See the post below. Hint: if you want to easily put RSS feeds on your bookmark toolbar, consider using Firefox as a browser. If you’re using Firefox, you can add this feed to your bookmarks or bookmark toolbar by clicking on the little oranage box with white stripes in the bottom right hand side of the screen.
[...] Since I use Firefox, I just use the automated function included in the browser and read my RSS feeds right off of the browser’s tool bar. Some previous posts on RSS feeds include these: Dealing with information overload and this posting on academic uses of RSS feeds. [...]
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