What’s all this about a blog?

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Posted Tuesday, 23 January 2007, 18:33 HST @148

This is an updated version of an announcement I posted in my old blog on January 12.

I’m using WordPress, Bloglines and RSS to distribute course announcements and readings this term. Since I’m teaching courses on information systems, it makes sense to use several modern systems to manage the courses.

This link is a good discussion of what a blog really is.

http://www.technorati.com/help/blogging101.html

This term, I’m going to be posting more links to previous articles that I’ve written. You’re welcome to search through my old Bloglines blog and read previous articles. Keep in mind that I change the assignments each term, and there will be some changes for Spring 2007.

We’ll discuss RSS later in the course. RSS helps me distribute course announcements without using e-mail or WebCT.

The next link retrieves a blog post I made in September 2006 that explains what RSS is.

http://billso.com/2006/09/23/what-is-rss-2/

You can also find my blog posts in my Facebook notes. If you use Facebook, click the Facebook badge on this page to add my account to your friends list.

Tags: administrivia, Bloglines, feed, rss

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2 responses so far ↓

1 billso // Tuesday, 3 July 2007, 13:15 HST @885

I’ve added dedicated RSS feeds for my IS 6100 and IS 7010 courses. See http://billso.com/2007/07/03/rss-course-feeds/ for more details.
2 RSS feeds for IS 6100 and IS 7010 // Tuesday, 17 July 2007, 11:59 HST @832

[…] more information about RSS feeds and how I use them in my courses, read my January 23rd article entitled “What’s all this about a blog?” or this more detailed article at […]