Comments on: Vlogs and RSS http://talkingtech.net/2006/02/01/vlogs-and-rss/ life and technology on the north coast of california Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:57:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Bob http://talkingtech.net/2006/02/01/vlogs-and-rss/#comment-3098 Bob Thu, 09 Feb 2006 17:39:53 +0000 http://talkingtech.net/?p=54#comment-3098 Sorry, Bob. I guess I was a little stung by being excluded. At least I didn't flame you on your own blog like the plazoid guy. AND I did post a helpful link on your blog to <a href=http://freevlog.org" rel="nofollow">learning about more about doing vlogs</a> which you said you would like to do. So peace? Sorry, Bob. I guess I was a little stung by being excluded. At least I didn’t flame you on your own blog like the plazoid guy. AND I did post a helpful link on your blog to learning about more about doing vlogs which you said you would like to do. So peace?

]]> By: the other Bob (the Humblogger) http://talkingtech.net/2006/02/01/vlogs-and-rss/#comment-3097 the other Bob (the Humblogger) Thu, 09 Feb 2006 17:29:13 +0000 http://talkingtech.net/?p=54#comment-3097 Yo Bob, why you be dissing me so? You write: "[Bob] writes about his lack of knowledge about vlogs (video blogs) having just learned such a thing existed." Read the post again. I said I knew a "little bit about vlogging," but did not know there were any locally. Truth is there was a lot more to say about local and non-local blogs and blogging than fit into the few pages we had to cover the topic in the Journal. "I guess he doesn’t have time to read other newspapers." What is that supposed to mean? For better or worse I read the T-S pretty much every day, along with plenty of other papers. Tuesday's Tech Beat sometimes eludes me because on Tuesday I'm busy finishing up a ton of work for the Journal. "If he did he might have come across my Tech Beat article in the Times-Standard last November..." What's the real problem here? Are you stung by the fact that I overlooked or forgot about your story from months ago, which, I must point out, devotes exactly one short sentence to vlogs. flame off, Bob the Humblogger (although not recently) Yo Bob, why you be dissing me so? You write: “[Bob] writes about his lack of knowledge about vlogs (video blogs) having just learned such a thing existed.”
Read the post again. I said I knew a “little bit about vlogging,” but did not know there were any locally. Truth is there was a lot more to say about local and non-local blogs and blogging than fit into the few pages we had to cover the topic in the Journal.

“I guess he doesn’t have time to read other newspapers.”

What is that supposed to mean? For better or worse I read the T-S pretty much every day, along with plenty of other papers. Tuesday’s Tech Beat sometimes eludes me because on Tuesday I’m busy finishing up a ton of work for the Journal.
“If he did he might have come across my Tech Beat article in the Times-Standard last November…”

What’s the real problem here? Are you stung by the fact that I overlooked or forgot about your story from months ago, which, I must point out, devotes exactly one short sentence to vlogs.

flame off, Bob the Humblogger (although not recently)

]]> By: Carroll http://talkingtech.net/2006/02/01/vlogs-and-rss/#comment-3096 Carroll Thu, 09 Feb 2006 16:25:18 +0000 http://talkingtech.net/?p=54#comment-3096 Thanks Bob, I put WordPress on my server a few months back but havent had time to play with it. Blogger made it all to easy. Guess I better go back and take a look at WP. Seems its what most of the geeks are using :) The info about feed search I posted was wrong. Those were the results of a mobile search (cell phone)...I guess WAP pages? Thanks again for the help. CJ Thanks Bob, I put WordPress on my server a few months back but havent had time to play with it. Blogger made it all to easy. Guess I better go back and take a look at WP. Seems its what most of the geeks are using :)
The info about feed search I posted was wrong. Those were the results of a mobile search (cell phone)…I guess WAP pages? Thanks again for the help. CJ

]]> By: Bob http://talkingtech.net/2006/02/01/vlogs-and-rss/#comment-3090 Bob Tue, 07 Feb 2006 14:06:14 +0000 http://talkingtech.net/?p=54#comment-3090 Well, the software I use is called <a href="http://wordpress.org" rel="nofollow">WordPress</a>. I comes with the RSS feed link built in to most templates. You can see mine in the right column under the Meta heading. WordPress has both a version you download and install in your own account (that's what I use) and a hosted version like Blogger. Well, the software I use is called WordPress. I comes with the RSS feed link built in to most templates. You can see mine in the right column under the Meta heading. WordPress has both a version you download and install in your own account (that’s what I use) and a hosted version like Blogger.

]]> By: Carroll http://talkingtech.net/2006/02/01/vlogs-and-rss/#comment-3089 Carroll Tue, 07 Feb 2006 05:27:17 +0000 http://talkingtech.net/?p=54#comment-3089 Dang Bob, I missed your article also. I knew RSS was around but until I got my iPod last year had never used it much. Now I can't live without it. Now that it really is getting "simple" to use I see it getting very popular. Some of the blog type services (that I have tried)with RSS Don't show up well in feed searches. Some that did seem to show up more were MSN Spaces, Libsyn, and the blog you get with MySpace of all things. I have been spending most of my time using Blogger for the time being. Do you have a favorite Blogging software that includes RSS? CJ Dang Bob, I missed your article also. I knew RSS was around but until I got my iPod last year had never used it much. Now I can’t live without it. Now that it really is getting “simple” to use I see it getting very popular.

Some of the blog type services (that I have tried)with RSS Don’t show up well in feed searches. Some that did seem to show up more were MSN Spaces, Libsyn, and the blog you get with MySpace of all things. I have been spending most of my time using Blogger for the time being. Do you have a favorite Blogging software that includes RSS? CJ

]]> By: Fred Mangels http://talkingtech.net/2006/02/01/vlogs-and-rss/#comment-3081 Fred Mangels Thu, 02 Feb 2006 17:01:59 +0000 http://talkingtech.net/?p=54#comment-3081 Ok, thanks. I read it. Now I'll try a little of this. Ok, thanks. I read it. Now I’ll try a little of this.

]]> By: Bob http://talkingtech.net/2006/02/01/vlogs-and-rss/#comment-3080 Bob Thu, 02 Feb 2006 15:53:54 +0000 http://talkingtech.net/?p=54#comment-3080 Fred, I really encourage you to <a href="http://www.morsemedia.net/articles/blogs.htm" rel="nofollow">read my article</a> which explains a lot of this and has links to Bloglines and one of the more popular news readers. Newsreaders are applications that automatically check sites to which you have subscribed using RSS. They are updated if there is new content. Fred, I really encourage you to read my article which explains a lot of this and has links to Bloglines and one of the more popular news readers. Newsreaders are applications that automatically check sites to which you have subscribed using RSS. They are updated if there is new content.

]]> By: Fred Mangels http://talkingtech.net/2006/02/01/vlogs-and-rss/#comment-3079 Fred Mangels Thu, 02 Feb 2006 15:15:17 +0000 http://talkingtech.net/?p=54#comment-3079 Ok. Thanks. If the rain keeps me home today I'll try and figure that out. Oh, how do you "add the url to the newsreader"? Not sure just what a newsreader is. Isn't this embarrassing? I don't know squat and I've got people asking me for advice on how to set up a blog. Ok. Thanks. If the rain keeps me home today I’ll try and figure that out. Oh, how do you “add the url to the newsreader”? Not sure just what a newsreader is.

Isn’t this embarrassing? I don’t know squat and I’ve got people asking me for advice on how to set up a blog.

]]> By: Bob http://talkingtech.net/2006/02/01/vlogs-and-rss/#comment-3077 Bob Thu, 02 Feb 2006 04:58:15 +0000 http://talkingtech.net/?p=54#comment-3077 I signed up for a Blogger account. For an RSS feed link you need to go to Settings -> Site Feed. There you will find the URL of your RSS feed. Then you add the URL to your Links list. When you click on a RSS feed link, you get a page with XML data. Ignore the page. Instead copy the URL in the address bar and add it to your newsreader (either web based like Bloglines, or a dedicated newsreader). See my article for more information. I signed up for a Blogger account. For an RSS feed link you need to go to Settings -> Site Feed. There you will find the URL of your RSS feed. Then you add the URL to your Links list.

When you click on a RSS feed link, you get a page with XML data. Ignore the page. Instead copy the URL in the address bar and add it to your newsreader (either web based like Bloglines, or a dedicated newsreader). See my article for more information.

]]> By: Fred Mangels http://talkingtech.net/2006/02/01/vlogs-and-rss/#comment-3070 Fred Mangels Wed, 01 Feb 2006 20:39:36 +0000 http://talkingtech.net/?p=54#comment-3070 Maybe we do need a workshop. Now that you mention it, my blog doesn't have one of those RSS links. I just went through the settings for my blog and didn't see anywhere to add the links. Oh well. Quite honestly, when I first learned of them I tried to use them on other blogs and couldn't figure out how; just a bunch of html code I didn't know what to do with. Maybe we do need a workshop. Now that you mention it, my blog doesn’t have one of those RSS links. I just went through the settings for my blog and didn’t see anywhere to add the links. Oh well. Quite honestly, when I first learned of them I tried to use them on other blogs and couldn’t figure out how; just a bunch of html code I didn’t know what to do with.

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