What is RSS? RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. It’s a web standard for publishing news and other content that is updated regularly (blog posts, cartoons, etc.). For you, the consumer, it means you can gather all these RSS channels (called ‘feeds’) in a so-called RSS reader (or aggregator). This is a piece of software, much like an email program, which gathers all the content from the feeds and displays them to you in organised manner. That way, you no longer have to visit many website every day, you just launch your RSS reader once, and you instantly get to see any new stuff. Isn’t that handy?
There are many different RSS readers. My personal favorite is RSSOwl 2. It’s a stand-alone client which is very user friendly and organised.
There’s more than just stand-alone clients though. Many email programs (including Thunderbird, Outlook and GMail) have built-in RSS support too. Even handier, new mail and new content all in one place.
What are you waiting for? Try it now, using the feed of my site (right-click, copy link location, paste in rss reader)