bzugodesign.com | Hugo Velez

Jim Marggraff, CEO of Livescribe, shows off the 2GB, Java-capable Pulse Smartpen at the JavaOne conference in San Francisco. The pen records audio as the user takes handwritten notes, then synchs up the sound with the writing. Audio can then be played back when someone taps the pen on paper. The device also converts languages instantly, playing translations out loud through the embedded speaker or displaying the word on its LED screen.

source: news.zdnet.com

Many times asked your self, what is RSS and how can I get more info about it.

Well, RSS is an Abbreviation for Real Simple Syndication [you probably searched for this already], but what you don’t know is what is it used for, and how can you use it.

The RSS as we know was first invented by Netscape to distribute information(news, stories, etc.) but they dropped the idea too soon, until some group started building some interpretation of what should be RSS with the name of Rich Site Summary. Time passed and they decided to let Harvard Law school be responsible to manage the RSS specification.
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Today I discovered this day, and decided to post about it, since I know a lot of people doesn’t even know RSS, and to warn them that on May 1st the topic will be related to RSS.

The objective of this day is to incentivate blogger’s to post an article about RSS, and that way expose more people to the existence of RSS and it’s benefits.

Like others I will post something about RSS. I will explain what it is and will do a little summary of its history.

So don’t forget on May 1st come here to read what I want to say about RSS.

More about the day on http://www.dailyblogtips.com/.

UPDATE: The official RSS day page is located at rssday.org, and you can get more info here.

Do you ever heard of RSS? What do you think it is?