{"id":13236,"date":"2010-10-26T03:30:40","date_gmt":"2010-10-26T03:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/production.ou.org\/life\/other\/everything_you_always_wanted_to_know_about_rss_feeds_but_were_afraid_t\/"},"modified":"2016-11-30T07:04:12","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T12:04:12","slug":"everything_you_always_wanted_to_know_about_rss_feeds_but_were_afraid_t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/technology\/everything_you_always_wanted_to_know_about_rss_feeds_but_were_afraid_t\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything You Always Wanted to Know About RSS Feeds (But Were Afraid to Ask), and More!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My mother, who at age 60 something attained enlightenment by earning the coveted Microsoft Certified Service Administration certification, absolutely bowled me over the other day with one of her 2 sentence emails: &#8220;Can you explain in simple terms what an RSS feed is? I couldn&#8217;t understand it&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Most of us have constant exposure to the term (RSS-Really Simple Syndication), but don&#8217;t make use of this easy, yet effective way to automatically keep up with favorite web sites rather than checking them manually day after day after day.<\/p>\n<p>Not wanting to disappoint my mother (and you really must understand my mom has high standards for all her children; she was terribly disappointed that none of us earned a Nobel Peace Prize), I faked it. I simply checked out a Wikipedia article, the ultimate source for pop culture wisdom, and did some creative re-wording. She didn&#8217;t like my answer.<\/p>\n<p>About half an hour later, I happened to be looking at the OU&#8217;s Job Board web site and much to my surprise, I discovered a great article with a basic explanation of RSS feeds! When I forwarded a link to the article, my mother was pretty impressed. She called me in raptures, &#8220;This is really amazing. I set these feeds up and now I&#8217;m automatically alerted whenever something new gets posted to any of my favorite web sites. I can stop visiting NobelPrize.org! The RSS feed will let me know the minute you or your brothers are going to Stockholm.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>My mother was even more impressed when she began navigating the breadth and width of the entire OU web site. &#8220;I thought the only information I&#8217;d find on the OU&#8217;s web site would be OU-Kosher alerts&#8221;, she later commented.<\/p>\n<p>But the OU&#8217;s new motto is &#8220;World&#8217;s Largest Jewish Resource&#8221; and it&#8217;s not just a catchy slogan. I encourage you to peruse the various departmental pages and discover for yourselves all the wonderful resources now available. When visiting <a title=\"www.ou.org\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\">www.ou.org<\/a>, you&#8217;ll find 16 small icons running across the very, very top of the page:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"OU Home Page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\">OU Home Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"OU Kosher\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oukosher.org\/\">OU Kosher<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"OU Job Board\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oujobs.org\/\">OU Job Board<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"OU's National Conference of Synagogue Youth (NCSY)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncsy.org\/\">OU&#8217;s National Conference of Synagogue Youth (NCSY)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"OU's Synagogue Services\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/departments\/synagogue-services\/\">OU&#8217;s Synagogue Services<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"OU's Institute for Public Affairs (IPA)\" href=\"http:\/\/advocacy.ou.org\/\">OU&#8217;s Institute for Public Affairs (IPA)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"OU's National Jewish Council on Disabilities (Yachad\/NJCD)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.njcd.org\/\">OU&#8217;s National Jewish Council on Disabilities (Yachad\/NJCD)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"OU's Israel Center\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ouisrael.org\/\">OU&#8217;s Israel Center<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"OU's Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus (JLIC)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jliconline.org\/index.php\">OU&#8217;s Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus (JLIC)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"OU's Community Services\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/community\">OU&#8217;s Community Services<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"OU Department on Day School and Educational Services\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/day_school\">OU Department on Day School and Educational Services<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"OU Press\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/oupress\">OU Press<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Jewish Action Quarterly Family Magazine (the online version)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/jewish_action\">Jewish Action Quarterly Family Magazine (the online version)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"OU's Alumni Connections\" href=\"http:\/\/alumni.ncsy.org\">OU&#8217;s Alumni Connections<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"OU West Coast\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/community\/ou-west-coast\/\">OU West Coast<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"OU Shabbat Shalom\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\">OU Shabbat Shalom<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And that&#8217;s in addition to some terrific <a title=\"Torah\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/torah\/index\">Torah<\/a> and <a title=\"Holiday\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\">Holiday<\/a> content (check out the various home page tabs), Zmanim, <a title=\"News &amp; Updates\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/news\/index\">News &amp; Updates<\/a>, Video Presentations, Synagogue &amp; Mikvah information, and yes, yes, yes, OU Kosher updates and alerts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My mother, who at age 60 something attained enlightenment by earning the coveted Microsoft Certified Service Administration certification, absolutely bowled me over the other day with one of her 2 sentence emails: &#8220;Can you explain in simple terms what an RSS feed is? 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