My favorite thing to think when I want to reassure myself that I'm at least a little bit semi-officially geeky is that I understand RSS.
Well, I don't really understand how it happens but I understand that it only comes to me when I want it to.
I guess it's a control issue.
And I officially know that I read RSS feeds. W00t! <- saying that is supposed to make me look geeky too
This is all even better for my self-esteem because so many people who get info via RSS don't know they are. Various sources say anyplace from 50 to 83 percent of users had no clue that they were reading a feed.
I blame Google & My Yahoo! for this cluelessness. They both make it possible to get the content you want without knowing anything about the RSS feeds. Ha; And it's not even cheating!
Just the idea that so many aren’t aware they’re using RSS means that the technology has passed from geekdome to real-world usage. All the better for online publishers. <- geeky name for people like me who write blogs and stuff
Wnat to be semi-officially geeky too? Read my RSS Guide for the Clueless here without being intimidated for even a minute!
Of course I'd love to have you visit the blog so you can see all the goodies here but if you'd like to get the content in a reader pick your favorite at this link and you'll get the Asylum posts all "fed" to you fresh out of the oven
Note: The RSS users who actually understand the technology are mostly guys (78%) and almost half have been internet users for close to fifteen years.
But even in the group that didn't understand that they were reading a feed it doesn't necessarily break down along lines of sex. Over half of those were male and over a third were longtime Internet users. Bwahaha guys!
