Feeding Feedly

RSS feeds "Really Simple Syndication" is a term that is relatively new to me. I have traditionally bookmarked webpages that were of interest to me and visited them later to check for updates. Little did I know I was living in the past. The new way is to bring the internet to you using RSS feeds such as Feedly What is Feedly ? I was very surprised how easy it was to set up Feedly and getting started with RSS feeds. The term seemed so foreign to me before but now I cant believe I haven't utilized this technology before.

The Site is very professional looking and allows for customization. I personally changed my view to a card style layout shown below. New York Times Business section is one of the feeds I subscribed to

NYT Business

 and it is definitely one of my favourites. I am studying Business Administration at Brock and I always like to be up to date on the latest news. One thing I do wish is that I knew about RSS feeds sooner. Especially in high-school as my business teacher was always asking us what the latest business news was and no one usually gave him an answer. I guess this is because it seemed like to much work to go home and search through a bunch of sites to find the news. Since Setting up my Feedly its not a burden to search for news or updates because everything you already want to know about is right in front of you.

One of my goals in this course is to build a positive digital footprint. I believe using RSS feeds is a major tool that can help me to do so. In week one of this course I found myself searching different sites to educate myself on digital footprints and Netiquette. Now since I set up my Feedly I have added multiple different sites and sources to bring the information to me. One Blog in particular that I found is Lisa Nielsen's http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.ca/. Lisa is a digital Citizenship blogger that I added to my Feedly. I posted the link to her blog in case you would like to do the same.

Since I set up my Feedly the other day I have been exploring different articles and came across a few that peaked my interest. One of the articles that stood out to me is one about Apple's growth slowing down (shown in my caption above). Apple has introduced major hits to the market in the past such as the IPhone and Ipod however it is becoming clear to investors that apple may no longer be a growth stock like it has in the past. If you would like to check out the article here is the link: Looking for Signs That Apple’s Runaway Growth Is Waning. Give it a read and let me know what you think.