Thoughts on RSS

I found that it was very frustrating to use this program. When I looked at a few websites that I do use regularly, I found that it was very difficultto find the RSS sign or picture. So I decided to use the 2 that were mentioned on the blog. I did find it right away on the CBC website, but found that when I went to add it to my feed, it wouldn't save to it and saved to somewhere else. So I tried to locate it by adding it as we were instructed to and found out that according to RSS, "No feeds were found.Please verify that the website publishes an RSS feed." I did go back afterwards and typed in http://www.cbc.ca/ and found that I was able to find a few links to CBC, but when I added www.cbc.ca/Calgary , it would give me the message that it wasn't found. I was successful in adding Mashable and found that it was easier to locate. With Mashable, you are given a list of things that it thinks that you are looking for and you can select to subscribe to the correct one. I found that because I knew what I was looking for, I was able to find it rather easily. I feel that doing searches on this site can be a bit time consuming. Don’t get me wrong, it does have its benefits and can save you time once you have found what you are looking for. At the end of the day, would I use it……no. As convenient as it would be an easy place to go to find things rather than having a large list of bookmarks. Although it is convenient for this reason, I still like being able to bookmark my favorite websites and find information that way. I did like the idea that you can add things that interest you and you can look at what is posted, but I still like looking things up using Google and finding the information that way.