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The volume of blog postings created within a community can be overwhelming. To help deal with this, RSS or Atom feeds enable the receipt of content in a machine-readable format so that it can be used in a variety of different ways (for example, in Firefox [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/livebookmarks.html Live Bookmarks], through a service such as [http://www.google.com/reader Google Reader], or in a program such as [http://liferea.sourceforge.net/ Lifrea] or [http://www.feedreader.com/ FeedReader]).
Many open-source community maintain a [http://planetplanet.org Planet] site which aggregates the feeds from community members into a single page (and the Planet, in turn, provides an aggregated feed). Here are some examples: * The Mozilla planet is at Planet - http://planet.mozilla.org * Fedora Planet -- other open source planets include http://planet.gnomefedoraproject.org and /* Go-OO Planet - http://planet.fedoraprojectgo-oo.org/ The OpenSource@Seneca planet is at http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/~chris.tyler/planet and includes postings from current and former Seneca students, Seneca faculty, and local and international partners.
=Blogs in DPS909/OSD600=
You are also encouraged to comment on other people's blog posts when you have something to say in reply, either directly (by leaving a comment on their blog) or by creating a blog entry of your own that links to the other's blog (most blog software will automatically link the postings using a "Trackback" mechanism). The makes the blog a two way communication medium, and help blog authors understand how their views are being received.
=Blogs in the LUX Program=
You will receive separate blogging instructions for each of your LUX program. In general, you'll submit your weekly work and your project reports by blogging about them.
=Posting Guidelines=
Your blog is an integral part of your work in [[DPS909]]/[[OSD600]]/[[LUX Program|LUX]]. Blog postings will be made available to other students, faculty, and the general public via the web and your RSS/Atom feeds, and your postings will appear on the [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/~chris.tyler/planet OpenSource@Seneca Planet]. The Planet feed will in turn be picked up and used in a number of very public places.
Because your blog postings will be incorporated into other content, it is important that you represent your thoughts professionally, using these guidelines: