RSS Reader is a life raft saving us from a sea of useless information.Written by Jesse S. Somer
One of main problems with Internet these days is fact that there is so much information out there; it can be quite hard to find particular knowledge that you’re looking for. It can often feel like you’re surfing waves of thick chocolate fudge sauce and your honeycomb board has a crack that’s getting wider by second. Over stimulus is issue here; you wanted to read opinions from music enthusiasts about music, and every second blog article had to do with new punk hairdo trends and which band has coolest tattoos. How can we find only content we’re looking for without getting bogged down in miscellaneous information that erodes both time and patience?The answer is in context. There’s now a way to sift through cacophony of babble and wisdom to find exactly what you’re looking for. Instead of having to join clubs and organizations and receive their newsletters via email at their convenience you can now have control over what you receive. Having to search through millions of blogs to find few you like has now become an obsolete task. The new system is called an RSS Reader: ‘Rich site summary’ or ‘really simple syndication’ are common definitions of this software. The process begins by signing up to receive automatic updates from blogs and other Web sites that distribute summaries of their latest postings to your reader. You then find which ones you like and delete rest. You can keep adding new sites until you have literally hundreds of informative connections in your areas of specific interest.
| | Chat RoomsWritten by Jesse S. Somer
In my short life, after years of talking too much, I’ve come to realize that if one is always speaking, one never listens. If you never listen to others, well, you’re limiting your access to a lot of knowledge and information. Recently, after much deliberation I thought I’d check out what world of Chat Rooms is like. People talk to each other by text, voice, and web cam. This is a really big phenomenon; I wanted to see what all fuss is about.I expect there are many chat rooms where people with similar interests get to know each other, and share their perspectives on various aspects of life. These are great, much cheaper than telephones, and multiple, random people can chat to one another simultaneously. But I speak truth, and my preconceived ideas about mindless gossip from jaded humans were sadly affirmed as I arbitrarily checked chat rooms that supposedly discussed important subjects. It seems some people are just very bored, and want to be cool and swear on-line, insulting others, and giving this area of information technology a bad name. I think a lot of people are using rooms solely for personal conversation that contextually no one else can understand. I went to a chat room about religion, and then to one about tattoos and it seemed like same people were talking. Most of conversation didn’t even touch supposed subject matter. It was definitely a disenchanting experience but hopefully with more research I hope to come across some serious rooms where true intent of creators has come to fruition.
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