[Replicable Practices] Hello, it's me. I can't believe it's been 512 days since I last saw you. I miss you too. Ancient but always useful - RSS & Newsreaders

Wow, has it been that long? I cannot believe so much time has passed since my last post. Curious? I was. I took a moment to try and calculate how long it has been since my last post (in other words I tried to find a date-to-date calculator). Thanks to timeanddate.com I figured out that it has been 512 days from my last blog entry to this day or 1 year, 4 months, 26 days.

Alternatively, for those that like this sort of math stuff it has been:

• 44,322,383 seconds
• 738,706 minutes (rounded down)
• 12,311 hours (rounded down)
• 512 days (rounded down)
• 73 weeks (rounded down)
• 140.55% of a common year (365 days)

So why not follow up with an equally ancient web tool, RSS & Newsreaders.

This little unfamiliar icon refers to a news feed, or a Rich Site Summary. Web users can use a compatible browser or a news reader to stay informed. Users are able to stay informed by getting the newest information posted from the websites you most frequently visit. As an example this blog (shameless I know). Still confused? Check out the YouTube Video.

CommonCraft. (2007). Rss in plain english [Web]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/0klgLsSxGsU

My Thoughts on RSS as a Replicable Practice:

Imagine if you were gathering up to date / minute news on a current event or scientific discovery. Perhaps you are a history teacher covering a particular day in history or a technology teacher tracking the Internet of Things. Using an RSS enabled internet browser or news reader not only saves you time but also allows you to be right up to date to provide timely information to your students.

This makes teaching easy.

Well that may be a bit of an exaggeration, however managing, consuming, broadcasting and reproducing information found online has become more manageable, more efficient and more personable, more exact and more relevant. Can I get a little help on how to choose the sweetest oranges?

Copied Directly From Wikipedia.org - RSS

Several major sites such as Facebook and Twitter previously offered RSS feeds but have reduced or removed support. Additionally, widely used readers such as Shiira, FeedDemon, and Google Reader have been discontinued having cited declining popularity in RSS. However, RSS still remains a widely used standard. RSS support was removed in OS X Mountain Lion's versions of Mail and Safari, although the features were partially restored in Safari 8. As of August 2015, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer include RSS support by default, while Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge do not. Additionally, reader services such as Feedly provide synchronization between desktop RSS readers and mobile devices.