Subscribing to the RSS Feed for this site is the best way to stay up to date on information about Jeff’s workshops.
Here’s our RSS Feed:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/italyphotoworkshops
Typically, our web browsing experience consists of, well, browsing… looking for the content we want by clicking on links and going to web sites that we think might have the content we want. Much like “channel surfing” our TV sets, sometimes we find what we want, sometimes we don’t, and sometimes we settle for something we don’t really care much about, while wishing we could find what we really want.
What if the content of your favorite news and weblog (also known as “blog”) sites came to you rather than you having to go to it? Better yet, what if that content came to you in summary form, so you could get the gist of the piece without having to devote too much time to finding out if you really like it? RSS “feeds” function much like a subscription to a magazine or a newspaper, where new content arrives without you having to do anything other than initiate the original subscription.
RSS (which stands for “Really Simple Syndication”) is a type of web address used to publish frequently updated content such as blog entries, news headlines or podcasts. While not all websites have RSS addresses, many news and weblog sites do. Look for the phrase “subscribe to our feed” or for the acronym “RSS” on a web page.
An RSS document, which is called a “feed”, “web feed”, or “channel,” can contain either a summary of content from an associated web site or the full text. RSS makes it possible for people to keep up with their favorite web sites in an automated manner that’s easier than checking them manually.
RSS content can be read using software called a “feed reader” or an “aggregator.” The user subscribes to a feed by entering the feed’s link into the reader or by clicking an RSS icon in a browser that initiates the subscription process. The reader checks the user’s subscribed feeds regularly for new content, downloading any updates that it finds.
There are many feed readers available for both Macintosh and Windows computers. Some web browsers (like Safari on the Mac or Firefox for Mac and Windows) can act as feed readers, or you can use a separate reader software application (do a Google search to find readers, try a couple out and pick one that seems easy for you to use).
