Blogs and RSS Feeds

  1. Blogs
    1. Show Examples of blogs – is it a blog or a web site
    2. How to create a blog.
      1. Show example using tumblr
      2. Your turn to create a blog using one of the following:
        1. Blogger – Patricks Blogger blog – http://test-patrick.blogspot.com/
        2. Live Journal
        3. My Opera – Patricks Opera blog – http://my.opera.com/patrickrunfit/blog/
        4. tumblr – Patricks tumblr blog – http://patrickrunfit.tumblr.com/
        5. WordPress.com – Patricks free WordPress blog – http://patrickrunfit.wordpress.com

      What is a blog and how do they work?

      1. CMS – Content Management System
    3. RSS/Atom Feeds
      1. What are they
      2. Show examples of feeds
        1. Web sites
          1. Indiana Foundation – Newsroom RSS Feed – http://iufoundation.iu.edu/newsroom/newsroom.xml
          2. The New York Times RSS Feed – http://feeds.nytimes.com/nyt/rss/HomePage
        2. Blogs
          1. RSS FEEDS | UX Magazine Complete UX Mage Feed – http://feeds.feedburner.com/UXM
          2. Noah’s Ark Wetlands Foundation – RSS Feed – http://noahsarkwetlands.wordpress.com/feed/
        3. Simple XML Document
          1. http://www.patrickrunfit.com/s603/patrick.xml
      3. Subscribing to a Feed
        1. In a web browser – Opera, Firefox, Safari etc.
        2. News reader – Goggle reader, Bloglines etc.
        3. Software Application –newsgator

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