You’ve seen it. You’ve probably puzzled over it. My hat’s off to you if you actually use it. What is it? It’s RSS. You see its icon below, as well as on the right column on the Wambooli home page.

RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. Or it could stand for RDF Site Summary, which is far more difficult to remember (so it’s probably the official term).

What RSS does is to let you quickly check for updates to your favorite web pages. Most blogs and news sites feature RSS feeds. Wambooli has one as well, which you can access from the main page (or the above graphic).

In Internet Explorer, you can view your RSS subscriptions by clicking the star icon (IE version 7.0). Then click the Feeds button. There you’ll see the sites you’re subscribing to. Click one and you can view a custom screen where you can check in on updates.

Sadly, RSS is taking a while to catch on. I even forget that I have the feature, so I got on opening my favorite links to check for updates. But if I remember, I’ll be sure to check the RSS feeds for new stuff. You should, too!

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