"RSS in Plain English" from The Common Craft Show

Thanks to Library Stuff which pointed me to this video on "RSS in Plain English" by the folks at The Common Craft Show:

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There are two types of Internet users, those that use RSS and those that don't. This video is for the people who could save time using RSS, but don't know where to start.

Links & References for LAS Blog course, Jul/ Aug 2006 (Part 2)

[This post continues from Part 1. It will be updated up till the 2nd run of the LAS blog course on 4th Aug '06]

Selected introductory readings:

• Soliciting for ideas on how the Library can reach out to people who find it physically inconvenient to get to the library (via High Browse Online)
  
• Ebay will use tagging to help it get organized (via Library Journal Blog - LJ Tech Blog)
• The Power of Blogs - (Another LJ blog article, with a few related topics in the post. As you read the post, reflect upon the tone and writing style of the post, i.e. similarities/ differences to the print version of Library Journal. Of particular interest is the post's mention about cashless payment in libraries, i.e. did you find that useful? Would something like that be published in the typical print journal?)
• Portrait of a Blogger: Under 30 and Sociable - WashingtonPost.com article commenting on a survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project: "More than half of bloggers are younger than 30, and a majority use their blogs as a mode of creative expression, the survey found. Money-making possibilities motivate only 15 percent of bloggers, and most blog on a variety of topics, with 11 percent focusing on politics."
• Technorati.com screencast - Quicktime Movie on the newly unveiled (Jul 2006) Technorati website. Includes an overview of the features and services.
• Laptops give hope to homeless (Wired News) - How blogs are used by the homeless to reach out and express themselves (via Blogger Buzz)
  

Selected Library Associations with blogs:

• Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) Blog [note: The funny thing is that they don't seem to have RSS feed, no permalinks, no comment feature... more of a website if you ask me]
• School Library Association UK
  
• Special Library Association - Sub Sahara Africa Chapter
• Cincinnati Law Library Blog
• Public Library Association (US) blog
  
• List of predominently US-centric library associations' blogs - via BlogWithoutALibrary Wiki
• [This space is reserved for Library Association of Singapore] Singapore Libraries Bulletin Blog (Library Association of Singapore)
  

Singapore Library Blogs (for public access)

• High Browse Online (book blog, Public Library Services)
• ASK! (Advisory & Enquiry blog, Public Library Services)
• Programmes @ 100 Victoria (Programmes blog, National Library)
• Digi.Talk (e-resources blog from Digital Library Services, NLB)
• Readers' Choice (book blog, Ngee Ann Polytechnic Library)
• [This space is reserved for Library Association of Singapore] Singapore Libraries Bulletin Blog (Library Association of Singapore)

Librarianship-related collaborative blogs (initiated in Singapore)

• Singapore Librarians for Empowerment & Advocacy for the Disabled - sgLEAD
• Asian Libraries - (a collaborative blog for practising librarians from Asia)