RSS Resources

Created for Sharecase, March 25, 2009

Please contact me at tmvogel@ucsd.edu if you have any questions.

Sharecase presentation: (.ppt or .pptx)

RSS Megasites* (note: some of the resources linked from these megasites may no longer be available)

• RSS Compendium
• RSS Specifications & RSS Feeds
• Ultimate RSS Toolbox

Readers

• Web Based: Bloglines Beta, Google Reader, Netvibes, NewsGator Online, personalized Google (iGoogle) and Yahoo (My Yahoo) homepages
• Desktop: FeedDemon, NewsGator for Outlook, NetNewsWire, RSSOwl, iTunes (podcasts)
• Browser Integrated: Firefox (Live Bookmarks), Sage Extension for Firefox, Safari
• Mobile Devices: NetNewsWire for iPhone, NewsGator Go, Google Reader Mobile and for iPhone, Bloglines Mobile

UCSD Feeds: Campus News, Blink, S&E Library Blog, Biomedical Library Blog, Social Sciences & Humanities Library Blog,

Feed Directories & Search Engines: Science & Engineering RSS Feeds & Podcasts (S&E Library), Syndic8, Technorati, Podcast Directory, UCSD course podcasts, IR/PS News & Events, Jacobs School of Engineering feeds, Scripps Institution of Oceanography news

Feed Builders & Validators: List of editors at http://allrss.com/rsseditors.html, Feedity, Feed Validator

RSS Management & Promotion: Feedburner, AddThis

Feed Headline Generators: Feed2JS (search Google for mirror sites), Google Dynamic Feed Control, RSS2HTML, Feed Source, Feed Informer

Feed Re-Mixers: Yahoo Pipes, Google Dynamic Feed Control, RSS Mix, Feed Informer, Feed Rinse

RSS Resources

Just a reminder that the RSS Resources page has been updated for the Feb 16 workshop. More tools to push and remix RSS feed content.

Thanks Everyone!!! (and assignment)

Thanks again for attending the workshop! I overscheduled a bit, and I'll keep that in mind when fine-tuning next week's workshop. Let me know if you have any questions, by email or IM (AOL/Yahoo - tmvogel2).

During the week:

• Continue posting and commenting on the blog. If you want to continue the in-class assignment of identifying the blog you want to create and the technical assets and challenges, go ahead. At least a few of you were already striking out and creating new blogs of your own. Those will appear only on your Blogger dashboard unless you invite others to contribute.
• Add a few more RSS feeds to the Bloglines account. There are dozens of RSS readers available, and what you end up using will be based on your preferences. Though not perfect, I prefer the web-based Bloglines and Google Reader because I'm not tied to a single computer. If you really stick to one computer, then a desktop reader or using your browser to capture and read the feeds may be better alternatives. Just start small to avoid information overload.

• And if you're feeling daring, try out one of the Google products and let everyone know what you think. Docs and Spreadsheets is the closest match to what we'll be talking about next week.
  

RSS Resources

RSS Compendium - lists of readers, RSS feeds, and resources to locate feeds and feed content

Selecting an RSS Reader

• Web-Based Readers
• Bloglines, Bloglines Beta, Google Reader, Rojo, My Yahoo
• Desktop Readers - Windows, Mac, Cross-Platform
  
• NewsGator/Outlook, Feed Demon, NetNewsWire
  
• Browser-Integrated Readers
  
• Safari, Firefox (with/without Sage extension), IE 7
  

Looking for Feeds?

• RSS Compendium: check the sections for Directories, Feeds and Search
• Bloglines Feed Directory
• College & University Feed Directory
• Medical Feeds & RSS4Medics
  
• NewsIsFree
• Recommended Science, Engineering & Technology RSS Feeds (UCSD S&E Library)
• Syndic8
• US Government RSS Library
• FreePatentsOnline & FreshPatents.com
  
• Search it in Google, i.e. economist and RSS
• Go right to the website and look for it: graphics, search engine, sitemap, autodiscovery
  

Customizable News Searches

• Google News
  
• Yahoo News
  

UCSD Library Resources w/ RSS Feeds

• S&E and BML Library Blogs
  
• Databases - like the custom news feeds
  
• Inspec, PubMed, Compendex, Web of Science, arXiv, Astrophysics Data System, Biosis, ERIC, PsycINFOAcademic Search Complete, Business Source Complete,
• E-Journals (not a complete list)
  
• Publishers: Elsevier/Science Direct, Wiley/Blackwell, Springer, IEEE, Univ Chicago, Oxford Univ Press, Cambridge Univ Press, Nature Publishing Group, BioMed Central, Public Library of Science, Sage Press, Cell Press, most of the chemistry and physics societies
• Individual Journals: Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, New England Journal of Medicine, Chronicle of Higher Education, JAMA

RSS Tools

• Feed2JS converts a feed into Javascript, which you then copy/paste into a blog or other website. This creates dynamically generated headlines.
• Yahoo Pipes and RSS Mix (among others) allow you to mix feeds into a single, new feed.
• Feedburner - Captures statistics on RSS use and subscribers
• AddThis - Create your own multi-reader subscription button for your site, instead of creating multiple buttons for multiple readers.
  
• RSS Icon Gallery - Reader subscription shortcuts
  
• Free RSS Graphic Tool - Create your own RSS graphic