Chapter 18RSS Feeds and Other “Push” Technologies
“You create your opportunities by asking for them.
— Patty Hansen, coauthor of Chicken Soup for the Kid’s Soul
“Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.
— Joseph Wood Krutch, U.S. author and critic
“Push” technologies deliver information from a server to users. Users may initially request the information, but then it is delivered when ready, and users have no control over when the information arrives. With “pull” technologies, such as websites, users search for and request the information.
Push technologies include emails, faxes, voice mails, newsletters, and RSS (originally defined as “Remote Site Syndication,” then as “Really Simple Syndication,” ...
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