One of the projects we’ve been casually evaluating is how to better leverage RSS feeds across the University. So far we’ve had a lot of great ideas, but the most difficult element we’re running into is simply communicating what RSS is and how it works, in a simple way and without delving into code. Jason came across this video at commoncraft.com and the two of us liked it so much we thought it’d be worth re-posting:

Video: RSS in Plain English
Let us know what you think.
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Erika Says:
That is a good video — I’d forgotten about it. We’d test-screened it in a meeting a few months ago. Educause has a pretty nice gist: http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7024.pdf
I’m hoping “searching while you sleep” will get the point across in Landsdowne.
September 21st, 2007 at 11:51 am