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Thursday, February 14, 2008

Practical 8

Citations of resources:

Bibliography
BACAK,M.(n.d.). Podcasting Trend.Retrieved January 18, 2008, from
http://ezinearticles.com/?Podcasting-Trend&id=49037


LEWIN,J.(2003). Content feeds with RSS 2.0.Retrieved Janunary 18, 2008, from http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/xrss20/____

Pratical 6b

Another resource that i have found:

http://ezinearticles.com/?Podcasting-Trend&id=49037

  • Purpose

The main website of this article is ezinearticle which is an article website that allows all experts to write about an article that they expertise in. This website allows user to view and find out more about a topic that other have wrote an article about. The intended audiences are those who are podcast fans who want to know more about podcasting.

  • Coverage

This website is for users who want to know what others feel about a product or a service. Authors who post their article will give their comment and opinions on various topics. For this podcasting trend topic, the author of this article covers what podcasting has on the impact of the current whole and what advantages does podcast have on people. Besides the author’s article, there are also many other links and resources that we can gather more information from.

The links are very useful as they contain many frequently asked questions and their answers and solutions regarding podcast given by different authors.

A look at one of the links leads us to another article from a different author but is on a different topic relating to podcast.

  • Authority

The author of the article is Hendry Lee who helps small business owners and web publishers. He has a main article as a link at the bottom of the website but there are no indications that he can be contacted.

  • Accuracy

This article is created by an author who gives his opinion on podcasting. After reading the article, they are no political, idealogical or biasness sources in the article. There is a main article source that the author had reference from, but the main article is also the same author. There are no grammatical, spelling or typographical errors.

  • Currency

There are no indications of when the article was done and uploaded. Therefore, I can conclude that the article may not be very reliable as it may be years ago that he had done this and it may be outdated.

  • Accessibility

There are no graphical images in the article as it is only an article done by an author. It is all in text-based format and internet explorer and Mozilla Firefox can be viewed. Email addresses and passwords are needed as this is a free website that can be viewed and gather information from and I think those who sign up can be allowed to view more detailed information. There are many copyrights rules to follow so as to respect the authors.

  • Presentation & Arrangement

The article is very common as it starts off with the trend of the podcast and the advantages of podcasting before ending with the author’s information and the links to other relating articles.

  • Usability

It is relatively easy to use as it only requires scrolling up and down the page. All the information is on a page and other links are at the bottom of the page if I need to gather more information.

  • Overall

As it is an article written by an author, it gives a brief article on the future trend of podcasting and the advantages of podcasting. It does not have any images and I feel that this website is only suitable for those who really wants to explore on podcasting and know what does other people feels about podcast.

Practical 6a

The topic that we have selected for the case study assignment 2:

Discuss the developments and trends in the area of RSS/podcasting.

The keywords that we have used are:

Keywords: developments, trends, Area, RSS, podcasting
Keywords Variations: advancement, growth, impact.

Search phrase that are used:

Advancements of RSS, Growth and impact of podcasting.


Resource that i have found:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-rss20/


  • Purpose

The aim of this website is to promote the company’s product and the intended audiences are all consumers who are interested or want to know more about the company’s product. As the main website for this article is IBM, they values dedication to every client’s success and emphasize on trusts and responsibility between them and other clients and companies.

  • Coverage

This websites covers the definition of RSS, how it works, how to find the different types of RSS and even how to customize the channels of RSS.

For a green-horn like me being introduced to something new, the explanation and contents of this website widen my knowledge on RSS and is pretty much easy to understand as it touch on not only the basic of RSS and also the detailed form of the RSS files.

This website also teaches us how to find RSS and new changes that will happen in the future.

A look at one of the links will link us to another RSS website. Therefore, the links that are provided allows us to enhance more about the understanding of RSS. Some links that I have explored teaches a more in-depth knowledge on RSS which is beneficial and very useful to someone like me who is very interested in RSS after reading all the related articles.

  • Authority

The author of this website is James Lewin and is the president and owner of The Lewin Group. He has written widely on e-commence business and the Web. Since he has been in the cyber business for from 1995, he should have some knowledge on the RSS. His reputation can be verified as he leaves his contact email in the article.

  • Accuracy

After reading on this article, it gives a factual information on RSS and does not propagandise on any political, ideological information. No form of biasness is detected as it only tells the viewers the uses and functionality of RSS. The article is professionally written with no spelling or grammatical mistakes.

  • Currency

This article is not very accuracy as it has not been updated for quite some time. It was created in late 2003. But this article tells us on the RSS version 2.0 and is giving us the information on one of the first version of the RSS.

  • Accessibility

As the website is mainly used for consumers’ purposes, therefore, no logins are needed and all information in the website can be viewed for free. As the website is linked to the IBM company, there are copyright ownership from IBM. From the first time I have used till now, the site is always available and is stable. There are many text-based explanations with a couple of graphical images used for description.

  • Presentation & Arrangement

The article is very well-arranged and presented. It starts off with the introduction and definition of the RSS followed by how we can find RSS feeds, the latest build in RSS, the form of RSS file, then the summary and lastly the information of the author. Although there are not many attention catching images or decoration, it is mainly for people who are interested in RSS. It is like a common website which has the ‘Home’, ‘Products’, etc. on the top left hand of the page.

  • Usability

It is relatively easy to use as it only requires scrolling up and down the page. All the information is on a page and other links are at the bottom of the page if I need to gather more information.

  • Overall

My overall impression of the website and the article is that I felt it has detailed text-based information for users who wants to gather a lot of knowledge on RSS. There are not many images and therefore we need to understand based on the text and some readers may feel bored and not interested in this article. But those who read and understand the article will have a more in-depth knowledge on RSS.