Techno Talk....
May I direct your attention to the right column of the page. Perhaps you've noticed that I now have a news feed link in place. I've been meaning to look into this technology for some time now but was slothful in my efforts. The reason that it's there now is that I was shamed into it. Shame ranks right after fear as a very powerful motivator.
Cross town blogger and techno buddy Eric at The FireAnt Gazette had made a complimentary mention of the fact that I had changed my Streams format. He also added a comment about installing an RSS feed. I could tell by the tone of his font exactly what he meant. That without a news feed I was becoming a second rate technorati, a disgrace to Blogging. Everyone who is anyone in the Blog O'Sphere has a news feed. If I wanted to maintain my social position I'd better get with it.
And so the very moment I read his post I did get with it. I enabled my "feed" on Blogger and then started researching the best systems to make it all work. Within an hour I had discovered and installed FeedBurner© an interface which allows browsers to read feeds seamlessly whether they are coming from .rdf or .xml files. Got it hooked up and it ran like a champ right out of the bag. Then to keep track of all my fellow Bloggers I signed up with the newsreader service NewsGator© and I was ready to go. Living in shame no more.
So now hopefully I can look my fellow Bloggers right in the monitor and stand tall and proud. One of the few, the proud, the news readable! Syndicate Me!!
And stop by the bride's site, The Yellow Bug News where we have her news feed hooked up too.
And an update: while working with Gary in the Outback at The Coober Pedy News he decided that as a learning experience he would like to set up his own new blog template for his Coober Pedy News Blog. He's learned quickly and has it up and running. I'm proud to be the subject of his first post, well actually my car is proud to be the subject of his first post. Hope you check in with him at The Coober Pedy Blog
May I direct your attention to the right column of the page. Perhaps you've noticed that I now have a news feed link in place. I've been meaning to look into this technology for some time now but was slothful in my efforts. The reason that it's there now is that I was shamed into it. Shame ranks right after fear as a very powerful motivator.
Cross town blogger and techno buddy Eric at The FireAnt Gazette had made a complimentary mention of the fact that I had changed my Streams format. He also added a comment about installing an RSS feed. I could tell by the tone of his font exactly what he meant. That without a news feed I was becoming a second rate technorati, a disgrace to Blogging. Everyone who is anyone in the Blog O'Sphere has a news feed. If I wanted to maintain my social position I'd better get with it.
And so the very moment I read his post I did get with it. I enabled my "feed" on Blogger and then started researching the best systems to make it all work. Within an hour I had discovered and installed FeedBurner© an interface which allows browsers to read feeds seamlessly whether they are coming from .rdf or .xml files. Got it hooked up and it ran like a champ right out of the bag. Then to keep track of all my fellow Bloggers I signed up with the newsreader service NewsGator© and I was ready to go. Living in shame no more.
So now hopefully I can look my fellow Bloggers right in the monitor and stand tall and proud. One of the few, the proud, the news readable! Syndicate Me!!
And stop by the bride's site, The Yellow Bug News where we have her news feed hooked up too.
And an update: while working with Gary in the Outback at The Coober Pedy News he decided that as a learning experience he would like to set up his own new blog template for his Coober Pedy News Blog. He's learned quickly and has it up and running. I'm proud to be the subject of his first post, well actually my car is proud to be the subject of his first post. Hope you check in with him at The Coober Pedy Blog
