Hello fellow blog readers!
As mentioned in my previous post, I have been exploring the
RSS Feed Reader website called Feedly. I’m interested to read everyone’s
thoughts on Feedly and looking to find new suggested blogs to follow! Prior to this weeks
research I had never heard of the website Feedly. However, I knew of RSS
feeds prior to this week because Tumblr has an option where you can create an RSS feed for certain
blogs that you are interested in, which enables you to sift through blog posts
and pictures easily! At first I was not sure if Feedly would be a digital tool that
I would enjoy using, however it has definitely been fun to try out and I was
very surprised by the organizational aspect of the website.
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Exploring various blogs has been enjoyable and
throughout the process I recalled some that I frequently visit. One of my
favourite blogs to frequent is by Lauren Conrad called “The BeautyDepartment.” Conrad’s blog is full of
beauty, fashion, and life tips and I love how it is easy to click through and includes
great links. If makeup and fashion tips are
something that you may be interested in, I highly recommend giving this blog a
chance. Additionally, the subscription aspect of Feedly has made it easier to
access new content and have updated blog posts automatically filter into
specific folders that you create. On my Feedly account I have the following
folders: education, news, beauty, and other. As I subscribe to more blogs I
will form more folders to keep everything organized and filtered. In the blog post, "It Really is Simple: RSS for Educators", readers can find more information on RSS feeds and how they are beneficial for educational purposes. The main tool that I learned from the following blog post is that I can subscribe to some of my fellow students' blogs and therefore receive updates in my feed when they post.
Furthermore, RSS Feed Readers allow all of your digital
content to be organized and easily accessible, which is the main reason as to
why I recommend making a Feedly account! In this day and age there is so much
to keep track of online and so many people constantly posting to social
networks that it can be a lot to handle when skimming through information. With
the help of an RSS feeder, all of the postings are available with one click and
they all appear on one webpage rather than going to every individual blog,
podcast, etc. One of the main aspects of
the RSS Feeds is that they bring the news and blogs to you as a reader, rather
than searching online for new updates, as mentioned in the video “RSS in Plain English.” This stood out to me because balancing work and university takes up a
lot of time, and the RSS feed allows you to cut back on how much time you are
wasting searching for the updated news and it also allows you to check the
updates on your phone if you download the app.
Recently. I was discussing Feedly with my manager and I recommended that she try it out because she enjoys reading blogs. She was telling me that once she is on one blog she clicks through several links to the point where she is lost in the blogosphere and can't remember how she got to where she is! I told her that Feedly will be beneficial for her because it easily lists updates from all subscribed blogs and it is also simple to identify specific important articles by their category and thumbnail photos. Therefore, Feedly can be used in both an educational and leisure context for blog readers!
Recently. I was discussing Feedly with my manager and I recommended that she try it out because she enjoys reading blogs. She was telling me that once she is on one blog she clicks through several links to the point where she is lost in the blogosphere and can't remember how she got to where she is! I told her that Feedly will be beneficial for her because it easily lists updates from all subscribed blogs and it is also simple to identify specific important articles by their category and thumbnail photos. Therefore, Feedly can be used in both an educational and leisure context for blog readers!
As a blog reader, I am going to continue to utilize Feedly
and I recommend that if you are an avid blog reader that you give it a try as
well! It’s efficient, fast, accessible, and easy to use, which makes it a
really great online tool!
As per usual, happy blogging!
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