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Managing Blogs

Ralf Stoltze. Managing Blogs. The Reader’s Perspective. Managing Blogs: Outline. Repetition – Definition of a Blog The Problem – Monitoring Blogs The Solution – RSS/Feeds Implementations Conclusion. Repetition: What is a Blog?.

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Managing Blogs

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  1. Ralf Stoltze Managing Blogs The Reader’s Perspective

  2. Managing Blogs: Outline • Repetition – Definition of a Blog • The Problem – Monitoring Blogs • The Solution – RSS/Feeds • Implementations • Conclusion Ralf Stoltze

  3. Repetition: What is a Blog? • Web page with regularly published articles, displayed in a reverse chronological order • Provides online forms to write articles and to publish them Ralf Stoltze

  4. The Problem: Monitoring Blogs How to keep track of information sources? New articles/ updates Ralf Stoltze

  5. “Explaining RSS is like explaining sex. You just don't get it until you do it.” The Solution: RSS/Feeds (George Siemens) Ralf Stoltze

  6. The Solution: RSS/Feeds • Family of XML file formats (structured data) • Includes web content (articles, images, …) and a link to the original resource • Can be processed automatically Ralf Stoltze

  7. RSS: An example Feed <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/“> <channel> <title>Umea International Blog</title> <link>http://sverige.2meter3.de/blog</link> <item> <title>The Lofoten Islands & Abisko Gallery</title> <link>http://sverige.2meter3.de/blog/index.php/2005/04/23/the-lofoten-islands-abisko-gallery/</link> <pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 18:40:37 +0000</pubDate> <category>On the Road</category> <description>Wow, it took 25 days after our return from the Easter trip to create the gallery! Altogether, we three “digital” photographers shot more than 666 pictures. An adequate selection had to be made, while obtaining the chronological order and adding comments. Lofoten Islands have definitely been the most impressive place ...</description> </item> <item> … </item> </channel> </rss> Ralf Stoltze

  8. RSS-Reader RSS-Readers: Managing Feeds • Feeds are usually offered by blogs Piece of software • Manage feeds • Add/remove subscriptions • Update feeds XML Feed Subscribe Ralf Stoltze

  9. RSS-Readers: Overview Ralf Stoltze

  10. RSS-Readers: Implementations Stand-alone software • Installation on local computer • Wide range of products • Examples: BottomFeeder, RSS Bandit, Feedreader Ralf Stoltze

  11. Feedreader: Overview Ralf Stoltze

  12. Feedreader: Overview Same content – displayed in different ways Browser vs. Feedreader Ralf Stoltze

  13. RSS-readers: Implementations Web-based services • No installation required • Run in a normal browser • Examples: shortWIRE, Waggr, Bloglines Ralf Stoltze

  14. Bloglines: Overview Ralf Stoltze

  15. RSS-readers: Implementations Browser integration • Using existing software • Not yet fully developed • Examples: Firefox, Opera • MS Internet Explorer has no RSS support! Ralf Stoltze

  16. Firefox: Live Bookmarks Ralf Stoltze

  17. Firefox: Live Bookmarks Ralf Stoltze

  18. Opera: Newsfeeds Ralf Stoltze

  19. Conclusion • Different implementations of RSS (benefits and drawbacks) • RSS helps to manage blogs and informs you automatically about new articles • RSS as a standard tool like E-Mail Ralf Stoltze

  20. “There is a problem in the world: There are people who know about RSS and there are people who don't and are scared. I don't know how we're gonna come together.” Bicyclemark on RSS in HUMlab Ralf Stoltze

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