Well I suppose now that its just about 5pm EST I should have gotten this post out a little earlier. However the fact that I forgot still does not change the simple fact that today is RSS Awareness Day.

I can say that without RSS I would be a lot less productive as it lets me scan hundreds of posts and websites in minutes looking for just the good stuff that helps me get the job done. Personally as a multi-computer user I prefer (and use) Google Reader, but there are a variety of great RSS clients out there. Some good options for PC’s and Mac’s alike as well as online readers such as Bloglines and the previously mentioned Google Reader.

For anyone in your life, I am sure you have at least more than a few, that are RSS ignorant here is a great video called “RSS In Plain English” courtesy of commoncraft.

Here are a few links to check out for RSS; rssday.org, rssday.info and of course we cannot forget Wikipedia, who defines RSS as:

“RSS is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated content such as blog entries, news headlines, and podcasts.[2] An RSS document (which is called a “feed” or “web feed”[3] or “channel”) contains either a summary of content from an associated web site or the full text. RSS makes it possible for people to keep up with web sites in an automated manner that can be piped into special programs or filtered displays.”

Credit: (jeff)isageek for posting this and reminding me.