RSS and 2.0

This week's assignment was to learn about RSS and how the feeds work.  I heard so-workers proudly boasting that they now knew what the RSS stands for and I say good for them!  Personally I have been using RSS since I first noticed the symbol.  Until now I had simply saved the feeds in my favorites.  This has worked for me since I am not yet an owner of a blackberry or other 3G type phone so mobility is not an issue.  I use computers at work and at home and have not had occasion to need access other than these two places. 

The assignment was:
 1) Bloglines is a popular RSS reader. Check out the website at http://www.bloglines.com, and learn a little about the service.
2) Sign up for a Bloglines account. The easiest way to learn about RSS is by using it! Bloglines will suggest some popular feeds that you may want to follow – choose one or two. Try reading one of them through your Bloglines account.  Now go to a website or blog that you regularly visit.
3) In your blog, comment on the following:

• Were you able to successfully set up your RSS feed? If not, where did you run into problems? If you were successful, does this make information-gathering more convenient for you?

Having done all of the above steps, I am now ready to comment.  I was successful in setting up 3 or 4 feeds in Bloglines.  By the way it's super easy and very quick to do!  I'm not so sure that I would say that information gathering is now more convenient.  Before I simply had to open my Internet browser and in two clicks I could select the feeds I wanted to check on.  With Bloglines I have to log-in to access my feeds.  I get that if I were more mobile and had the capability for  Internet everywhere, I would likely be more enamoured with a RSS reader service, but for now I may be giving this one a pass.  I will in all fairness give it a try over the coming weeks, who knows, I may change my mind.