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RSS As Information Coping Tool

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I've been doing Internet skills training workshops since 1995 and way back when I used to do one called "Digital Literacy" which was all about how to use email, listservs, and Internet search functions. I started off with 5 blog feeds and as I discovered other blogs or resources, I added them gradually.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

news or web feeds ???? or software that gathers all the news feeds in one place where you can scan/read them quickly. The news feeds are created by some behind-the-scenes code called ???? Most blog software can generate a RSS feed with the click of a button - you don??????t Consuming Reading Feeds. Read your feeds.

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What's your (blog) Conversation Strategy?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Public conversation has been happening on the Internet since it started - via listservs, newsgroups, and online forums. When ever there is a new comment, Commentful notifies you via email, RSS Feed or you can install an extension for Firefox. There are other services: CoComment. Co.Comments.

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NpTechTag Summary: Insect Antennae, A Blast from the Past, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Phil Agre's How To Help Someone Use A Computer, circa 1996, is still relevant to anyone who is teaching someone how to master a new piece of software or Internet service. TechSoup has RSS feeds too! How to remix content with having a law degree is a simple guide to how to use material from the internet without getting in trouble.

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Tools for gathering data for blog and web page metrics

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

the listserv question was focused on blog metrics and primarily as traffic and driving traffic! Subscribers in Bloglines or via feedburner (Does anyone know how I can get a total number of subscribers that is accurate with several different feeds?). It goes into the topic of social networking analysis.huh? Google Analytics.

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