This quiet period is too quiet after last week's frenzy. Let's talk about RSS feeds!

This is a boring but useful post.

Did you know that you can subscribe to this blog using an RSS reader? Stop reading if you know what that is and just subscribe to this link in your favourite reader.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/YoungFreeAlberta

For those of you that don't know what the heck we are talking about, read on.

According to Wikipedia:

RSS (formally "RDF Site Summary", known colloquially as "Really Simple Syndication") is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated content such as blog entries, news headlines or podcasts. An RSS document, which is called a "feed", "web feed", or "channel", contains either a summary of content from an associated website or the full text. RSS makes it possible for people to keep up with their favorite web sites in an automated manner that's easier than checking them manually.

RSS content can be read using software called an "RSS reader", "feed reader" or an "aggregator". The user subscribes to a feed by entering the feed's link into the reader or by clicking an RSS icon in a browser (that orange symbol just above) that initiates the subscription process. The reader checks the user's subscribed feeds regularly for new content, downloading any updates that it finds.

Huh? Well, if you have a free Gmail account, you also have free access to Google Reader or if you use Safari on a Mac, it has built-in RSS reading capabilities. So does Firefox—and there are a ton of other free browsers and readers that work with RSS feeds as well.

Trust us, this will be better than coming back to this site every hour and wondering, "Is there anything new yet? How about now? How about now?"

Stay tuned for the reveal Monday! Keep hitting refresh, or better yet, why don't you subscribe to our feed?

http://feeds.feedburner.com/YoungFreeAlberta

Y&F Team

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