What is this RSS thing?

When you click on this logo:

You have the capability to subscribe to my RSS flux. But what it is all about?

You can visit what is rss or even better look this cool video: RSS explained.

My explanation

It is an easy way to aggregate all the update made on websites you like in a single place. You’ll never have to surf many website to see if there is news on a website.

choose an aggregator

To begin, you must choose an RSS client called aggregator. There is many online clients: website which will present the news in a fancy way.

Personally I use Netvibes. I tried a bunch, and it is by far the best - In My Humble Opinion.

Of course Google has a client named Google Reader. It is great for content you never want to forgot some article. It is not really useful when you have to handle flux generating many news per day.

Subscribe to some website news

Once you have chosen your aggregator, you only have to subscribe to websites you like. Do do this, you only have to click on the RSS icon in the top bar of your navigator. Or generally a nice icon is shown into the page you’re reading.

Get the news

Now, you’ll only have to use your RSS client. And you’ll see all news on all subscribed websites. There is no more need to surf many websites. All news which interest you are in the same place.