Here in the fickle Northwest, when you’re not surfing you’re thinking about surfing, reading about surfing or browsing surfing related goods. Let’s face it, we’re obsessed and what better way to feed and develop our obsession than through the internet. We now have access to an infinite amount of data about forecasts, editorials, destinations, etc. Most of us have our select sites we regularly visit or tools we utilize but as new online tools evolve, what better way to feed our obsession. This series of posts will focus on how to fully maximize our obsession with surfing using the online tools we have at our finger tips.
Surfing Obsessed Tool #1 : RSS
RSS, or Really Simple Syndication, is a format to used to publish continuously updated web content, such as this blog. If you’re reading this blog I image you probably read others - sissyfish, surfinoregon, phoresia, etc. Great, so you follow 4 blogs, no biggie - but what happens when you start to read pinniped, the greenroom, surfy surfy, raw waters in cedar, ocean waves beaches, wine and woodsmoke, etc. You know want to keep your attention on 10+ blogs and that becomes a lot of content to keep on top of and a big task. This is where the first Surfing Obsessed Tool, RSS, comes in handy. Each of those blogs deliver their content in RSS form, which if you have an RSS Reader you can aggregate all that wonderful content about surfing in one place. Forget 10+ surfing blogs, I want to track 100+ blogs and the top surfing news, no problem with RSS.
Got an idea for a good Surfing Obsessed Tool? Let me know.
