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RSS Feeds and Podcasts
The profusion of Web sites and Weblogs makes it difficult to keep up with the
latest postings on all your favorite sites.
Now, instead of going to each of your favorite sites to see what's new, you
can assemble your own collection of favorites and have updates from those favorites
automatically delivered to your computer or digital device. It's like having the newspaper
delivered to your doorstep, only now you are the editor in chief who decides what news
you want to keep up with. You decide what content you want, and it is delivered
to you whenever there is something new. WGBH is proud to offer you content via
this emerging technology.
RSS feeds: the Web comes to you
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) allows you to automatically get Web content
from a variety of sources delivered to your computer.
To use this service, you must register with a free RSS news reader or aggregator.
(Entering "RSS readers" or "RSS aggregators" into a search
engine such as Google will produce a list of available services.) Once registered, you
specify which sites you would like to receive updates from
by adding specific RSS feeds to your customized list. You can then view regular
updates from all the feeds together, or you can view each feed separately.
RSS is handled through a technology called XML (eXtensible Markup
Language).
NPR's frequently asked
questions about RSS
Podcasting: listen when and where you want
A "podcast" is a downloadable file, typically MP3 audio, delivered
via an RSS feed. You can download the file to an iPod or other personal listening
device and listen wherever you like, or you can download the audio directly
to your hard drive and listen from your computer.
All about
podcasting
How
to get podcasts
WGBH is among the first public broadcasters to distribute some of its content
via RSS and is the first public radio station to offer podcasts.
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