[FLPERMACULTURE] Set up an RSS feed for this list

[bosak at ibiblio.org]

Thanks for the explanation, Michael.  Makes a lot of sense if
you're in the habit of checking the "stack" frequently.  My
problem with sorting things out so neatly is that I never get to
them....  But I can see how this would work great for people who
are better organized.

Jon


> On Feb 9, 2007, at 9:00 AM, Myra Sabir wrote:
>> what's an RSS feed?
>
> On Feb 12, 2007, at 3:44 PM, bosak at ibiblio.org wrote:
>> lists that get a lot of traffic).  So I don't understand the
>> advantage of getting an RSS notification instead of the mail
>> itself.  Maybe Michael B. can explain this.
>
>   I (an RSS novice) set up the RSS feed using a "feed location" for a
> "live bookmark" in my Firefox (web browser) toolbar this way:
>
> (Mac OSX Firefox)
> BOOKMARKS> ORGANIZE BOOKMARKS>
> FILE> NEW LIVE BOOKMARKS...
>
> then enter:
>
> Name: fingerlakespermaculture
> Feed location: http://www.mail-archive.com/
> fingerlakespermaculture at lists.mutualaid.org/maillist.xml
> Description:
>
> then (with the BOOKMARKS MANAGER window open) move this bookmark into
> "Bookmarks Toolbar" folder.
>
> OR,  go to: http://www.mail-archive.com/
> fingerlakespermaculture at lists.mutualaid.org/maillist.html
> Then place your cursor above the little orange icon in the address
> bar of Firefox. Click on it...
>
>
> An advantage of RSS feeds is the ability to read email lists via RSS
> (your web browser.) There are so many user environments, use patterns
> and preferences, machines and motivations that I can't easily answer
> this question except for myself. It is far more convenient (for me)
> to click the icons on my bookmarks toolbar to keep up with my most
> useful information.
>
> While all the email list messages still come into my email inbox (and
> still often read from here) so do about 300 other messages a day.
> "Thou doth lay unto squirrels," "Paypal Notfications of service
> interruptus, etc" and other spam still sneaks into my inbox, plus two
> dozen other lists, bills, personal messages, etc. I like the one-
> click convenience of having select blogs/lists/etc. extracted from
> the noise of the internet.
>
> So my "FingerlakesPermaculture" feed icon shares space in my
> browser's toolbar with The New York Times feed, Alternet Video feed,
> DailyKOS feed, and Truthout feed, and so on. I've also setup RSS
> feeds for the "recent changes" page of my classroom's wikispace, and
> for my del.icio.us (social bookmarking) tags and recent entries.
>
> My off-the-cuff permaculture analysis of this design is that I like
> the "Stacking Functions" and "Beneficial Connections" that a feed
> enables ; )  I realize this may blur the difference between websites,
> newspapers, blogs, email lists and such, but not much.
>
> An important distinction is that only members/subscribers can post to
> the fingerlakespermaculture list. Also, through a RSS feed, non-
> members/subscribers can keep up with postings through an easier-to-
> use format than the list archives.
>
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