The second anniversary of my first post is less than one month away. I added a blog to my newly redesigned website two years ago as a way to stay in touch with my clients. Give them a reason to come back and see what I was working on and present a more constantly changing stream of images from current work. It’s also a way for them to get to know me as a person and what’s going on in my life…hopefully a life they can relate to as well.
Every week I look at the statistics for my web site and for the past year, my blog has remained the most frequently hit page on my website. Blogs have become commonplace in our society and as much a part of everyday life as reading a newspaper used to be. A few months ago, I discovered what the whole RSS thing was about and it’s as if a lightbulb went off. I thought I’d encourage you to add my blog to your RSS feed and enjoy the ease of using a feed reader to stay connected with your favorite blogs. And if you enjoy what I have to say, I encourage you to leave comments. Nothing is more frightening than the deafening sound of silence for a blogger.
What is an RSS feed? Have you ever been to a blog and noticed the orange square with the white radio waves in the url? This indicates the blog you’re visiting has an RSS feed. Most current versions of web browsers, such as FireFox make it very easy to subscribe to a blog by simply clicking the symbol and adding that blog to your subscription. Then, whenever new content is posted to your favorite blogs, you are automatically notified. This saves you a lot of valuable time if you subscribe to a lot of blogs. You don’t have to manually check every day (or every week in my case) to see if there is a new post.
Another way to subscribe is by using a feed reader. This is a simple application that manages all your blogs and notifies you of any updates. Many of these readers are free and some ask a minimal fee. There is a nice list of readers for any platform at the RSS Compendium. Personally, I use NewsFire for Mac. The more I use it, the more I like it.
If you like my blog and I hope you do, please take a moment to subscribe and I’ll continue to share my life in images and stories and see where this takes us.
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