One of the benefits of a blog, is RSS, or Really Simple Syndication. Instead of searching out new information on your favorite blogs and news sites, RSS allows you to subscribe to them, a little like a magazine subscription.

RSS feeds are free and you just need a reader to customize your interests. Please have a look at RSS in Plain English from the brilliant minds at Common Craft.

A few RSS readers to get you started are:

Google Reader
Bloglines
NetNewsWire Lite (Mac)

No one is an expert at the start, but we promise, you won’t be sorry you started collecting RSS feeds.