Comments on: RSS Explained: A Really Simple Summary

By: Blogging vs. Twitter/Facebook is Exercising vs. Walking | Bob Caswell

Blogging vs. Twitter/Facebook is Exercising vs. Walking | Bob Caswell — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 20:06:57 +0000

[...] the blog equivalent of “friending” or “following” is mostly dead (it’s called RSS). So you can’t count on people to stick around or come back unless you really stick with it [...]

By: Buying a Home with Redfin = Awesome | Bob Caswell

Buying a Home with Redfin = Awesome | Bob Caswell — Tue, 26 May 2009 05:48:26 +0000

[...] some cool analytics for looking at market trends. It’s nice and web2.0-like, what with custom RSS feeds and other pretty robust tools to make your real estate hunting super [...]

By: RSS Explained: A Really Simple Summary | TechConsumer

RSS Explained: A Really Simple Summary | TechConsumer — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:54:34 +0000

[...] Note: This article is cross-posted at BobCaswell.com. [...]

By: Bob Caswell

Bob Caswell — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:50:28 +0000

Yeah, the GigaOMs and Gizmodos aren’t what they used to be (for me, anyway). Too many posts on topics that don’t interest me as much. I read quite a bit of their headlines but more often than not, that’s enough.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 05:18:46 +0000

Bob – I was just joking, of course, but looking at your list again actually makes me feel great – compared to GigaOM and Gizmodo, I seem to be doing quite well!

Isn’t it wonderful that Google Reader now says more than 100+?

By: Diatribe/Opinion: Internet Video and TV can’t happen with DRM | TechConsumer

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:49:58 +0000

[...] even some DVD players. The same holds true for MP3, it plays anywhere because it has no DRM. Using RSS and BitTorrent I could even have my computer automatically download all the shows I want to watch, [...]

By: AK

AK — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:13:33 +0000

I use email feeds for specific sites that I know produce great posts.

By: Bob Caswell

Bob Caswell — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:12:56 +0000

Kevin-

Haha, I should have checked that before making the screenshot… If it’s any consolation, you’ve written at least 4x that many posts since I’ve subscribed. You’re pretty high on the list in terms of click ratios.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:53:08 +0000

Hey Bob,

How come my blog has 11 unread articles?!!

Seriously, though, great explanation. I’m hoping that new versions of the big browsers (and the RSS implementation in Apple Mail in Leopard) will start to expose a lot more people to such a great time-saving and really quite addictive technology.