Scoble explains :
"1) RSS is faster to display...
2) With RSS I only need to read one out of 10 sites...
3) RSS is faster to read...
4) RSS is more efficient to read...
5) RSS lets you escape the browser..."
(see site for more details and good discussion.)
I was once a multi tab browser type guy. With one link I could hit 20 blogs. I thought I was a power reader. But I was always taking time to re-read stuff, figuring out what was new. Now, in my Radio aggregator, I only get new stuff and I read far, far quicker.
I hate excerpts too. I want the full article, with pictures.

1539 Also posted to: cyberSaps . At: 2:37:06 PM  . .
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"RSS in Government News about how RSS is being used by international, federal, state, and local governments"

As usual the UK Gov't haven't a clue. Why, oh why are we so behind? Answer: most of the UK Gov't leaders are technophobes. At least in my experience. And in others too.

It's no good to say I can use email therefore I am a technophile. When it is derogatory to call some one a techie it's vital we do something to get more techies into positions of authority and power. The culture and approach to IT  in UK Government is risk adverse, and prefers to delay decisions thinking that the tortoise rather than the hare will win.

RSS is a tiny, tiny expense much like many of the IT solutions out there, yet it is the big, big plans and applications that are usually a waste of money which receive all the glory.

The e-envoy, Andrew Pindar: "Three-quarters of the population have never visited a government website at all." Because they're dull and lack personality? Where are the guides?

1538 Also posted to: GOWM . At: 1:59:57 PM  . .
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