I have just uploaded a new episode of Practical RSS. In this third show in the series, I demonstrate how to generate a feed for a specific auction search on EBay, and show you how to use Google Reader to manage it.

PRACTICAL RSS [Show #3]: Better Bidding – Auctions and RSS…

SHOW NOTES:
In this show, I demonstrate using RSS feeds to track auctions on EBay. There are some significant production changes that I made with this episode that I hope make the show more enjoyable. For the best viewing experience, open this video up in full screen mode. Let me know what you think!

Topics Include:
- generating a feed of auctions for an item on EBay
- using Firefox to add the feed to Google Reader
- using Google Reader’s “EMAIL” feature to share an auction item

Sites Referenced:

http://www.google.com/reader
http://www.ebay.com

Run Time: 6:17

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Thanks for watching!…

PRACTICAL RSS [Show #2]: Keeping Current – RSS and News…

SHOW NOTES:
In this show, I focus on using RSS to access news sources. Topics include:

- signing up for Google’s feed reader
- using Firefox to add feeds to Google’s feed reader
- subscribing to specific news feeds from sites like CNN
- creating a custom news feed using Google News

Sites Referenced:

http://www.google.com/accounts
http://www.google.com/reader
http://www.cnn.com
http://www.reuters.com
http://www.bbc.co.uk
http://www.google.com/news

Run Time: 6:44

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Thanks for watching!…

PRACTICAL RSS [Show #1]: An Introduction To RSS…

SHOW NOTES:
In this initial show, I give a brief overview of RSS, including:

- what RSS is and what it’s used for
- how to find feeds on websites
- the variety of available feed readers
- a practical example of subscribing to a feed

Sites Referenced:

http://www.feld.com
http://www.google.com/reader
http://www.newsgator.com
http://www.netvibes.com
http://www.bloglines.com
http://www.instantinformation.com
http://www.seekingalpha.com

Also: I discovered the image collage of various RSS logos out on the web, and am grateful to whoever it was that put that together!

Run Time: 7:08

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Enjoy!…

I am happy to announce the launch next month of a new video show from the Digital Edge Blog called Practical RSS. This show is being produced jointly with my company, Instant Information.

We have made a brief promo for the show:

Each episode will run about 5 minutes and feature ways to use RSS to keep up with a popular topic or interest. The premier episode should be out next month, and will cover the basics of using RSS to level set everyone on the technology. I’ll then cover a specific topic in each episode after that. It will probably start out as a monthly show, and become more frequent as the kinks in my production workflow get sorted out.

Each episode will be available both here and on Instant Information’s soon to be relaunched corporate site.
(http://www.instantinformation.com.)

I would love to get your thoughts and suggestions. Please use the comments section to let me know any RSS related topics you would like to see covered, or any incredible RSS enabled sites or tools I should be looking at.

More to come, so stay tuned..