If you've skidded by my site at 60 mph (see my billboard post) and just HAPPEN to stay long enough to read; and just HAPPEN to like what you read, you can add me to your RSS Feed. Yup, you heard me. RSS Feed.
If you don't know what RSS feed is, don't despair. Feeling dumb is part of the initiation for the tech challenged. Just one year ago I had never heard of blogs, had never tried to design my own website, and barely knew what E-Bay was, much less what an RSS feed was. This last year has made "feeling dumb" about technology a way of life for me! For the tech impaired, RSS stands for "Real Simple Syndication" and allows the RSS subscriber (that's me or you!) to be notified when a new post is submitted on a blog, website, news service, etc., of their choice. As far as the "real simple" part of it, the creator of this torture device must have meant "real simple" AFTER you figure it out! Struggling through installation of a free RSS reader with no step by step instructions is sheer madness. Sleuthing 
out the addresses for sites that participate in RSS is definitely not "real simple". BUT, once you get the sites set up on an RSS reader, they pop up on the side of your screen when a new post is added. What a deal. Some mastermind must have created this system to separate the "haves" and the "have nots"! I'm determined to be a "have"!
Just a little footnote to the tech savvy who know what an RSS feed is . . . the orange chicklet for the RSS feed is at the bottom of the left side bar. For the not so tech savvy, chicklet is a term for a small little picture (like the one in this post that's orange in this case). If you have a "reader" you can click on the little picture and get this blog via RSS feed.
Posted February 28:
Greg, You must have been one of the tech savvy people who knew how to do all this ahead of time. Thanks for adding me to your RSS feed. Also, you did a GREAT post on agency in Florida. It differs some from Minnesota as we don't have transaction brokerage, but it still helps to explain how it works in your state.
Lynne and I e-mailed off line regarding our similar struggle with RSS. It reminds me of a stand up routine Bill Cosby did in the late 60's (Yes, I know that dates me a bit!). It described how Noah was left on the ark with a pregnant elephant and no manual on how to birth elephants. Cosby's sound effects predated the current use of the microphone in rap and R & B, and he quite effectively demonstrated Noah's dilemma when the baby dropped! This battle with RSS has felt a bit like being hit by a baby elephant! But, Lynne, we've conquered it!
Posted by: Bonnie Erickson | December 31, 2006 at 08:05 PM
March 4, 2006 - Real Simple Syndication
Bonnie, I laughed as I read the following sentence in your post: "As far as the "real simple" part of it, the creator of this torture device must have meant "real simple" AFTER you figure it out!"
I'm pretty new to blogs and blogging myself so I'm still trying to understand everything related to blogs! On my "to do" list for this week is the installation of a free RSS reader and learning all that goes along with having one. Being an e-PRO for a few years has taught me a lot... one of those things is that you never stop learning because there's always something new! :-) My only regret is not having started blogging sooner.
Posted by: Leanne Paynter | December 31, 2006 at 08:03 PM
Posted February 28
Hi Bonnie,
That is a great article. I have been struggling for days with the RSS feed issue. I wish I had seen your article a few days earlier. It would have saved me much grief!
Posted by: LMercer | December 31, 2006 at 08:00 PM
Posted February 27: I'm glad you have it all set up. I've already got you added to my rss reader!
Posted by: Greg DiSisto | December 31, 2006 at 07:58 PM