Jesse Rivest's Blog
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Sunday, May 07, 2006
Web Syndication: get with it
Here's a little bit on web syndication and how I am involving it in my website. Read further as you may be interested in this topic!
First, here's wikipedia's definition for web syndication. It's not a new concept, but it is new to me.
I want to make it easier for you to stay up-to-date with my doings. You know I play music, you know I travel, and you may know I have a variety of interesting interests! I update my website on these topics, and I share my website with you.
Problem: you may not remember to visit my website regularly!
(or you may not be interested in doing so, and that's okay!)
In November, 2005, I started a mailing list. This was my first solution to the problem. Since then I have learned of some more solutions. The following are ways for you to be notified of my news and updates.
First, here's wikipedia's definition for web syndication. It's not a new concept, but it is new to me.
I want to make it easier for you to stay up-to-date with my doings. You know I play music, you know I travel, and you may know I have a variety of interesting interests! I update my website on these topics, and I share my website with you.
Problem: you may not remember to visit my website regularly!
(or you may not be interested in doing so, and that's okay!)
In November, 2005, I started a mailing list. This was my first solution to the problem. Since then I have learned of some more solutions. The following are ways for you to be notified of my news and updates.
- Join my email mailing list. The updates are infrequent and personal, and focused on my musical life. I've sent approximately 5 emails since November, 2005.
- Subscribe to receive email notifications when I post new journal entries. You will only receive one email per day, and only on days that I post new entries. I post at least one entry per month, and as many as ten per month! (This is a service external to my website, unlike my mailing list which I control)
see the side bar for the email subscription box!
- Add my site feed to a feed reader. I started experimenting with Google Reader, a place on the web where you can consolidate all the news you are interested in. Clicking on the Add to Google button will add my site feed to Google Reader for you.
Or follow this link to see more feed readers. - Add my site feed to your personalized Google home page! This is my latest favorite. I use Google for my web searching, and now I see the following on my personalized search page: weather in Australia and Canada, CBC News, ABC News, Radio New Zealand News, Reuters News, and updates from my friends' websites (which also publish site feeds).
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