Do you know what RSS stands for? No? You are not alone.

RSS = Rich Site Summary. But what you really need to know is that RSS Feeds are an easy way to keep up with regularly changing web blogs and other similar sites. You don’t need to visit each of your favorite web sites any more because RSS automatically retrieves their latest updates and allows you to stay in the loop with ease.

May 1st has been named “RSS Awareness Day.” (Side note: did you know that only 5% of internet users use RSS feeds? Shocking, but true.) And since a number of Canon folks’ lives were recently transformed by the introduction of RSS, it seems worthy of a post. Here is a clever video that explains it all:

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