RSS: Get Notified When Your Favorite Websites Are Updated

Written by Bear Cahill


RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a way for a site to publish it's updates. RSS readers can read these notifications and display a listing ofrepparttar updates to you,repparttar 118449 user.

It's sort of like having a special 'inbox' for emails announcing updates to your selected websites.

Many applications and websites support RSS feeds. You can add RSS feeds to your My Yahoo! page, Firefox has several RSS extensions such as Sage, there are sites that deal w/ RSS feeds such as Feedsterand FastBuzz. Thunderbird even allows you to set up RSS feeds similar to your inbox.

There are also stand alone applications for RSS feeds like Pluck, RSSReader and SharpReader.

Different readers allow you to subscribe to a feed differently. Using Firefox w/ Sage, for example, you can drag-and-droprepparttar 118450 RSS icon into your RSS feed folder and it's done.

What'srepparttar 118451 benefit?

You can use RSS feeds to see if there's anything new at a given site before visitingrepparttar 118452 site. This wouldn't be a big help if you only had one RSS feed. However, if you have several sites you check routinely, this can cutrepparttar 118453 time down tremendously.

The Ten Commandments to Creating Amazing Audio Products

Written by John Kiel


.Thou shall create audio products asrepparttar fastest way to come out with a product.

Forget about e-books. They take to long to create especially if you’re a slooooow typist. You can create an audio product in a day instead of weeks or months with an e-book. If you must create an e-book, dorepparttar 118448 audio first and have someone transcriberepparttar 118449 audio into a word file. You than clean it up and add some chapter heads and an index and Bam! You have an instant e-book

2.Thou shall use a headset microphone for your recordings.

I find that using a headset mic is a lot more versatile than a standard microphone. A headset mic gives yourepparttar 118450 freedom to move your head around and you don’t feel restricted as far as being positioned in front of a table top mic.

3.Thou shall not be afraid to record your voice.

Many people haterepparttar 118451 way they sound on tape (me included) and feel that they cannot put together a “Professional” product. The first time you hear yourself on tape you are just going to die. It takes practice to actually speak properly. You get struck byrepparttar 118452 dreaded Uh and Um syndrome andrepparttar 118453 monotone voice virus but take heart …you can do this. Slow down and concentrate on what you’re saying and interject some emphasis and pitch changes to your voice. Bottom line…add some personality.

I’ll admit I’m no professional speaker myself… It takes practice and you will get better.

Here are a couple books you might want to check out: The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking by Dale Carnegie Secrets of Successful Speakers: How You Can Motivate, Captivate, and Persuade by Lilly Walters

4.Thou shall add intro and outro music to your audios

If you really want to add a professional polish to your products you must addrepparttar 118454 intro and outro music. You know that cool music you hear atrepparttar 118455 beginning ofrepparttar 118456 audio just before someone startsrepparttar 118457 introduction.

You could give this site a try: frontandbackmusic.com for some demos.

5.Thou shall use different formats for your audio info product

A couple of ways to create an audio product is to interview someone overrepparttar 118458 phone and record it or just do a straight forward gab session on your own. To keep it simple when I’m recording on my own, I write down some bullet points to use as memory joggers to keep me on track duringrepparttar 118459 recording sessions. Also, when usingrepparttar 118460 computer software it allows you to pause so you can get your thoughts together and then just restartrepparttar 118461 recording process without a skip.

6.Thou shall use different listening formats for your audio product.

When distributing your audios you have different formats to choose from. You can use .wav, .mp3, .ram files. Wave files take uprepparttar 118462 most space and are megabyte hogs. Mp3 and ram (real player files) take uprepparttar 118463 least amount of space and are good for streaming audio onrepparttar 118464 web. If you are distributing your audio on CD it is best to use wav. That way you will be able to listen to them in any CD player. Here is a little warning when recording your audio projects. Be aware ofrepparttar 118465 space you have on your hard drive. A two hour recording session will take up to 1.3 gigabytes of space in wav. I like to record and edit in smaller intervals and burn them to a CD-RW just to get them off my hard drive.

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