A brief presentation on RSS,originally done as a seven minute Toastmasters speech.

1. RSS Demystified A presentation by Peter Bromberg, SJRLC (bromberg@sjrlc.org)

2. Syndication Story is written Story is sent to “the wire” Papers pick up ‘feed’ off the wire Story appears here

3. Syndication Story appears here Here And Here And Here And Here And Here

4. Written once Put on network Appears in many papers

6. RSS Syndication Article or “post” is written (usually on a blog) “ Feed” is available on the web You use feed reader to subscribe to the feed Article appears in your feed reader

7. 1. The ‘Article or “post” is written (usually on a blog)

8. 1. The ‘Article or “post” is written (usually on a blog)

9. You see updated headlines to your subscribed feeds in your feed reader.

10. 2. Blog automatically creates a “Feed” and makes it available on the web

11. 2. Blog automatically creates a “Feed” and makes it available on the web Feed subscription buttons look like this:

12. Clicking on this button brings up the feed. Do not be frightened by what you are about to see…

14. This is the feed address. Highlight and copy it. The rest of this gobbledygook is the XML code. Look away! Do not concern yourself with it (unless your inner geek calls to you)

17. After Creating your free account, subscribe to the RSS feed by pasting the feed link into the subscribe window

18. 4. You see updated headlines to your subscribed feeds in your feed reader.

19. ALL My Feeds Feed we just subscribed to Headlines from my blog. Click to read. You can customize to see summaries too!

21. My SJRLC FEEDS

23. One Final bit of coolness

25. One Final bit of coolness