So what`s the deal with this new RSS thingy?

A while back one of my friends asked me why i linked to a "file just displaying some html code". Her question referred to the rss feed i offer and i realized that i really should put an explanation of rss feeds on the site, but never did. However i’m really exhausted right now (as mentioned before), so i won’t try to give a full blown introduction to rss, especially since others have done it before and most likely better than i could. Here are a couple of links to introductory articles and other valuable resources:
Wired: aggregators attack info overload
Extreme tech: rss readers: bringing the world to your desktop
Harvard law: rss 2.0 specification
Jamsterdam: rss 0.92: a step-by-step beginner’s guide to creating your first document
Lockergnomes rss resource
Finally, a recommendation: i personaly use sharpreader by luke hutteman, a free windows news reader for microsofts .net framework. Nice interface, many useful features.

# Aug 30, 2003 at 22:23