This week in my web 2 point zero class (who got two? I'm still at zero!), we delved into the fascinating world of aggregators, RSS feeds and social bookmarking. I must admit that these do have some merit in the world of education albeit they, too, can get out of hand real fast.
I have had a separate iGoogle page setup for quite a while now. It is one of my homepages and I receive a good many RSS feeds most of them dealing with science, technology and new gadgets. I must freely admit, however, that all the rigmarole around setting them up to get blog feeds and then sharing them with the public almost sank their arachnid fangs into me! I have persevered, however, and gotten over their rude ways of accomplishing what should be rather elementary tasks. Only time will tell if they will show merit for me in the long run.
Social bookmarking, on the other hand, is something I can see great merit in. Being able to pull up a list of 'favorites' from anywhere in the world is a good thing. I never know when the urge might hit and I might need an obscure recipe for favre beans and liver!
Okey-dokey. Here we go........
Regards,
your old pal, Hannibal Lecter
1 comment:
I'm glad that you have finally come to an understanding of all of this. Now will you please let me in on the secret of understanding it all? Apparently I haven't found the first clue to understanding bloglines (are they something within the blog I haven't found yet?). And I have yet to figure out how to get my favorites to the social bookmarking site--let alone to be able to even find my bookmarking site at all!
Please Dr. Lecter, give us some of your vast patience and knowledge!!!
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