lee and sachi - this is great.

the first part with the arrows - going one way, then going the opposite way - is the easiest to understand explanation of RSS i've seen. i'll be using this in my undergraduate digital journalism class.

This is excellent! Is there a feed for the Common Craft Show?!

(reblogged)

That was awesome! I'm gonna reblog this, too, in hopes more of my friends will understand the power. (via)

you can just change your Firefox preferences to subscribe in your reader when you click ;)

I've bookmarked the video and will certainly use it to help explain RSS to others. I like the clever delivery style. Keep it up!

Great job you two!

Thanks, it's really cool video to tell the rest of us wha'ts RSS. Did you ever try Anothr.com to see how easy RSS subscription is. You definitely should make a video for them too.

Love the simplicity. You found the core. ;-)

Oh my, does the world need more videos like this one! Great job.

If there was one bit of critique I'd offer, it's this: it could be a good idea to warn people that this is just the begining of what they can do with RSS. Maybe I'm wrong but I feel like so many people get stuck at the basics and don't even consider more advanced possibilities. (Feed filtering, splicing, scraping, tag feeds for collaboration, etc.) That's a real shame.

That said - great work, very cool. Teaching RSS REALLY needs visuals and I think you've done an awesome job here.

There's a huge need to explain the basics of RSS to get people excited about it and this does it really really well.

Nice work!
Anyway to embed this on our own pages (ala YouTube?)

This isn't yet in plain English- where are the subtitles for the Deaf? Can you make a separate video with subtitles so that we can understand what RSS is all about? This would be greatly appreciated by many.

Great video! I've never delved into the RSS subscription thing because I never knew exactly how it worked or what to do.

Problem solved. Thanks so much.

I'm a convert! I had been doing it the long way for so long. I got set up on bloglines, digg, del.icio.us yesterday and the bloglines is already paying real dividends. Only one of the blogs I read regularly does not have a feed and I am going to email them a request for one. Oh I can feel my sanity coming back.

Not sure if this is appropriate for a video blog such as this one for rss, but I have been wanting to dive into the personal blog pool and am unsure which app would be best for me, Word Press, Blogger, Drupal etc. I am wondering what the features are and what would make it easiest. I've gotten as far as registering a domain. It seems basic, but seeing as this rss video has lit Common Craft a fire, I am thinking there is a great interest in this "Plain English" stuff. Keep up the great work!!

You made it so simple, even my parents could understand it.

Never mind the content...

The presentation was perfect!

I fully intend to "borrow" your technique for my inhouse staff training videos. Full credit will be given to you!

Nicely done!

thanks, I blog the video and put it on my blog's feed subscription page.

Well done! My grateful thanks.

I am so using this during my upcoming prsentation to principals. My topic is what we can get out of blogs & podcasts. This is short, to the point, and will allow me expand on other parts of my presentation, THANKS!

Lee and Sachi ~
Love it!
I'm sharing it to my mom who at 85 is learning quite a lot about Web 2.0. Found the link, and if ok with you, sharing it on my blog as well.

Love the power of RSS but like it's simplicity even more. Great job putting the core details into a medium my mother can understand!

Hey Sachi and Lee .. this is so cool. Thanks! Would love to see something similar on ROI of blogging - is a concept I find most difficult to communicate to organizations and I do believe a Paperworks demo will be great!

I SO blogged this.

Magnificent!

Great video, blogged, shared, and hopefully some people learned about RSS.

Your explanation of RSS is a hit out of the ballpark! Congratulations on a job well done!

And if you want to read the RSS feeds on your iPod then try www.podloadr.com

That's fantastic! Thanks, Lee. My friend Tom has been explaining this to me for years, and I understand it ... but I'll be darned if I can explain it well to anyone else. Now I don't have to. I'll just refer them to your clever video.

I'll be sharing this, for sure!

thanks for making this, it helped me open the dialog with a client and they seem to get the benefits of implementing it on their site now.

This was a great explanation of RSS feeds! RSS is totally addictive and I'm just hoping my supervisor believes the "but it's for work" line!

Hello !

I would like to thank you for this amazing video ! It is so simple but I enables everybody to understand how rss works !

I made a french version that you can find here : http://www.vincent-durmont.com/?r=art&id=132

It is not exactly the same words or the same slides but I the idea is the same !

So thank you for your work !

Dvins.

Thank you very much for this video tutorial.

Simplicity is brilliant!

Maybe you can create ones for social bookmarking, social networking, affiliates, etc

start a whole lot of tutorials in this manner.

well done guys :)

I am so sorry for this mistake.

I didn't want to steal your job but now that you point it out, it seems that I did it..

I just wanted to give this video to french people as fast as I could and I made this terrible mistake : I don't really know what I can say to excuse me : you must be very angry against me and you should be right !

As I read your comment on my blog, I modified the video. You can see the new version on my blog and if there is anything wrong in this video, just send me a mail and I will change it or delete it if you prefer.

My aim wasn't to steal your job, I don't really know what I can do or say to make you trust me...

I hope that you will like this new video and I am -again- sorry.

Dvins,
sorry.

Really nice and short and usefull and \o/

Thx

I'm SOLD on RSS, and now you've given me an easy way to explain it to my un-converted friends and readers. Thanks!

This is a great way for me to help my clients and co-workers really understand what they're missing if they don't engage in RSS.

Well done!

I blog at a real estate network called Active Rain. It's got like 28,000 members, most of whom are real estate agents. They soak up anything and everything having to do with blogging. Give them the least little tidbit and you're the hero.

Well, you're gonna be a rock star with this! I'll point them back to you certainly and embed the vid in a post. Just watch the accolades roll in.

Thanks Paul for guiding me over here! that explanation was pretty amazing.....where was this when I needed it a couple of months ago - the whole concept was Chinese to me.

Hi,
I found your video via http://www.chrismlindsey.com/, and was astounded that someone hadn't come up with this concept before! I run a website where the majority of the readers wouldn't have a clue where to begin for RSS and I think this video will help them.

However, I hope this doesn't sound too rude, but I was wondering if your narration could be done directly into the microphone? Although I did enjoy watching your video, I did get a little bit put-off by the 'hollow space' sound (not quite sure how to describe this) and believe this could be overcome through the use of the narration *over* the video.

Thank you again for creating this video :D I hope you don't mind my comments!
Kind Regards
Flick

Pure Class! You've inspired a whole new way I'm going to deliver lectures - Black Board watch out!

BRILLIANT.

We loved this so much, we shared it with the librarians in our region to better explain RSS and why it's swell.

Thanks!

I Love u ! Thank you again for creating this photos
See you soon . I'll comeback !

Great job and very creative.

If only I had seen your video earlier. I recently spent a weekend trying to explain RSS in writing. I am an educator and I also see the potential of RSS. Thanks for making this I will be passing it along to my students and parents.

For those who would like the written explanation of RSS check out my post
What is RSS: How & Why to Subscribe at edvibes.com

You've made an excellent video! I've added a link to it in a wiki that I'm building called Library 2.0 In 15 Minutes A Day You can see it under the RSS section

Thanks!

This is just brilliant. Love it, love it, love it.

And, would love to have you on as a guest to Capture the Conversation podcast.

James

A fantastic explanation, even for the ones that, like me, have basic english knolwledge. Just great, i'll be suscribing to a reader in thas very second.

Gracias desde México

great. awesome work - no I don't have to try to explain RSS to my friends anymore :)

Truly an excellent video! Simple, entertaining, funny, and informative! I've blogged about it and encouraged my readers to come check it out. :-)

I have embedded the DotSub version, for italain translation.
Tks. for this great video!!!

Thanks for that video! I've used it on the Travellerspoint blog to give our members a great rundown of how they can use RSS. Thanks!

That was great! Now, how about something that explains all the new Digg, Delicious, and whatnots??

Thanks!

Keri

hi there
chanced upon ur site from google.
just want to tell you that you did a great job! this is what i have been looking for to learn about RSS!!

i am going to use this to educate my friends about RSS!!

cool! keep them coming!

regards
donald