Feeds

This site provides a few Atom feeds for those who might want to access updates in that way. Why? Well, feeds are nice.

Wait, what are feeds?

Excellent question!

Feeds allow people to subscribe to websites and read the site's content and updates in an application of their choice. They're just properly formatted lists of things that computers can make, pass around, and display.

RSS and Atom are both kinds of feeds, but functionally, they achieve the same goal: allowing a reader subscribe or follow updates from something on the Web.

Read more about feeds:

• A Gentle Intro to RSS by Derek Kedziora
• About Feeds by Matt Webb

Feed Readers

In order to subscribe to a feed, you'll need a feed reader.

There are web apps that do this (something like gmail.com, but for reading feeds, not email). Feedbin (paid) and feedly (free) are nice, browser-based feed readers that will work on any platform.

And there are native apps that do this (something like Apple's Mail app, but for reading feeds, not email). For MacOS and iOS: NetNewsWire (free) and Reeder (paid) are quite nice.

Providing your own feeds

If you're looking for a concise, modern guide to providing a feed on your website, read RSS Feed Best Practices by Kevin Cox.