welcoming rss to the team

well, since going online and sending notification to about 2,006 individuals to have a look (caution to readers: this could be a gross overstatement), i have received two replies in total, one expressing true maternal love for anything a son or daughter would create, the other indirectly questioning my complete lack of intimate knowledge of world time zones, and how to set them on blogger settings. have now tried to correct this, so the time you see should roughly approximate reality. speaking of which, BC, great to hear from you. i'm hoping to soon eradicate my status of technologically disadvantaged, and will then be able to find you on msn.

in trying to improve my general knowledge of all things web, i started playing with rss feeds last week after reading about them for ages. not sure what rss is? -> read this

the steps i followed to overcome my rss anxiety:

1. read the above page link, and confirmed that i do, in fact, need rss in my life
2. downloaded feedreader and installed it on my "ancient-one" (quite simple to use, and does all i need it to - for now)
3. flexed my google muscle to identify any interesting links (see below for some suggestions)
4. managed to load the aforementioned links in feedreader (quite simple, really - F3 to add a new link, cut and paste the address, and press go. took me a while to go to "tools - options - connection" and select the right settings; watch out for this)
5. added this blog to my rss feeds (the state we're in - rss feed)

its quite empowering to select the news you want to read, so i would recommend it to anyone. the trick is in finding the feeds that you're interested in, and that actually provide decent content. my challenge - to figure out how to use this as one of the tools in creating a sustainable business (any suggestions?).

feeds i found interesting:

• moneyweb news - south african business news
• marketingweb news - ad industry related stories and links
• yahoo news most viewed - most viewed stories on yahoo news
• nba.com news - stories from around the nba (usa's national basketball association)
• nba.com miami heat news - stories relating to the world champion miami heat
• fast company - an american entrepreneurial magazine with interesting stories

but getting back to more important topics, and wondering how to make an impact. i would like this to be a place where great ideas can be shared and debated. perhaps if a reader were to really be envisioned by an idea, and possibly even find a partner, these ideas could become reality.

what ideas, you ask? well, anything that is creative and constructive really. whether it be purely profit motive or for the benefit of others. my main interest lies in ideas that will empower communities, but all ideas are welcome and encouraged, especially since i believe the old maxim is very true (i think it was zig ziglar who said it)... that service to many leads to greatness.

but how do you provide a great service to many?