XML link added top left
October 28, 2004 Bonj posted a comment that he'd had a tough time locating the proper link for this site's RSS feed. Click on the "RSS" in the preceding sentence if you need an explanation of RSS. Anyway....I've added a link for one of this site's XML feeds. OK, a quick bit of explanation - but real quick ...There are various standards out there for how content from a web site can be made available in XML. This site is using a service called TypePad, and by default this site has several formats of XML feed available. The link I've added under the photo at the top left is for one of those XML-format data feeds.
The idea is that you can read the data feeds from sites in which you are interested using, appropriately enough, a feed reader program. These programs are also called "news readers" and also "news aggregators". There are many available, and many of them are free. In a Windows environment, I prefer SharpReader. I've also used FeedReader (another free program) and NewzCrawler (about US$25). Your feed reader program of choice can then automatically go to the sites you've designated, and pull in any updates from the sites, so you have a much quicker way to read the updated content versus pointing your web browser to each site explicitly.
Personally, I've now got the feeds in my reader program categorized into Tampa bloggers, Tech sites, Domino sites (the kind of programming I do), political sites, and news sites. The program is set to automatically check the sites every couple of hours, and new entries are highlighted for me in the reader program. So...If you've been looking for where the heck my XML feed is, it should now be easier to find. If you've never tried a reader program, you may want to give it a try!
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