HOW TO USE THIS PAGE:

  1. Click on Subscribe button to add the RSS feed to your reader.
  2. Click on Listen button to listen the podcast directly from your computer ( from your own media player like QuickTime, Real player, etc.) or download the podcast to your computer. To download the podcast to your computer right click on the Listen button and then click "save as target" option to save the file to your specified location.
  3. Click on the iTunes button to download the podcast to your iTunes player and then to your iPod. You need to have iTunes downloaded on your computer, or you will need to download iTunes free from http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
  4. Click on the del.icio.us, Digg it, Facebook buttons to login to your accounts on these sites and then save/bookmark the podcast in your own account. If you don't have an account with these sites you will have to create one.

What is RSS?

RSS is a Web content syndication format. The acronym stands for Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary, depending on who you ask.

Websites that support such simple syndication provide their content in a format that can be read by news aggregator client software. Links to these specifically formatted pages are often referred to as "feeds" due to the dynamic nature of how often they can be updated. A desktop RSS aggregator, like Google reader, Bloglines or the aggregator available from  your IE7 or Mozilla/Firefox browser works by periodically checking on subscribed feeds for new content. When new posts are found, usually a portion of that post such as the title and perhaps a short excerpt from the article are displayed. The full story can be linked to open in a separate Web browser, or in some cases in the news aggregator itself.

What is podcasting?

Podcasting works the same way. However, as most RSS feeds deal primarily with text, podcasting is intended for rich media types such as audio, video, digital photos, and more. Moreover, this rich media is often downloaded automatically by podcasting software, again on a periodic schedule. This media can then be played at any given time and often times on a variety of media players, such as an iPod.

How can I benefit from RSS?

If you are a Web consumer (i.e. someone who browses the Web frequenty), RSS allows you to view a large selection of Web content, from multiple sources, quickly and easily.

If you are a Web publisher (i.e. someone who creates Web sites), RSS allows you to distribute your content updates instantly to consumers, Web portals and partner Web sites.