While I use Chrome for most of my web browsing, I like to view XML / RSS using Firefox , since it displays a nicely formatted structure for the data. Uncategorized API Twitter Yahoo PipesYou don’t need to be a software developer or hardcore techie to use APIs. Show User Data. link]. Friend Data. link]. Follower Data. link]. MORE >>

An RSS-based monitoring dashboard is a great way to collect everything you’re monitoring into one place. For people new to RSS, I generally encourage them to use something like Netvibes , which has a visual layout with multiple tabs and columns where you can see several key conversations at a glance. Written by Dawn Foster. MORE >>

In some cases, I set clients up with RSS readers that have a typical dashboard look and feel for monitoring feeds, while in other cases the “dashboard&# is really a monitoring section in an existing RSS reader with the feeds delivered as an OPML file. Written by Dawn Foster. How do you monitor online conversations? MORE >>

While I do use the search engine to type in queries, the real power is in using RSS feeds for searches and running them through Yahoo Pipes for additional filtering. recently did a 2 minute video explaining exactly how to search twitter using Yahoo Pipes and a CSV file of keywords , so I won’t cover it in any more detail here. MORE >>

Last week, I wrote about more efficient RSS reading through pruning, filtering , prioritization, keyboard shortcuts and more. After spending some time reading the comments on the post and thinking about how I use RSS, I realized how many of my feeds are outside of the typical feed used to read blogs or other news. Green your IT. MORE >>