[georss] RE: GeoRSS - Tech Terms Baffle Most U.S. Adults: Poll

[Kralidis,Tom [Burlington]]

Here's what we gave as an explanation, although we haven't received much
feedback yet.

http://map.ns.ec.gc.ca/reseau/en/index.aspx?page=projects#tech4

..Tom


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This is definitely a problem I've found when talking to even tech-savvy
people (programmers, engineers) that aren't up-to-date on web
technology. I've been trying to find a single way to convey the notion
of RSS. While it is simple in the end, the idea of a "feed" is somewhat
difficult to see the benefit of to someone that doesn't currently read
10+ websites or is trying to 'mash-together' data. 

Even at our company, I've tried to introduce "App-casting" for providing
software update information to our customers. The mgmt sees it as
"something neat", but not really necessary to spend time or resources on
at this point since our customers aren't asking for it. 

Anyone have a good 'example' they give to people, both tech and
non-tech, when describing what RSS and GeoRSS is?

Andrew


On 5/8/06, Carl Reed OGC Account <creed at opengeospatial.org> wrote:
Education and marketing will be critical in having more geo folks
understand the power of GeoRSS. When I presented a month ago to an
audience of 200+ GIS professionals, I asked how many had heard of RSS -
two hands went up!

Carl

  
Tech Terms Baffle Most U.S. Adults: Poll 

The latest tech buzzwords, such as RSS and VoIP, are little more than
gobbledygook to more than half of American adults. 

By Laurie Sullivan 
TechWeb.com 

May 5, 2006 10:54 AM 

Only 43 percent of the U.S. 2,748 adults responding to an online survey
agree they are in-the-know about the latest tech buzzwords, according to
a Harris Interactive study commissioned for Microsoft Windows Live. 
Seventy-seven percent of women say they are not knowledgeable about the
latest tech buzzwords, compared with 45 percent of men. Although 79
percent of U.S. adults are aware of blogs, only 17 percent read them. 
One in three, or 32 percent, of U.S. adults say they aren't sure how
best to describe voice over Internet protocol (VoIP ). Seventy one
percent have never heard of Really Simple Syndication ( RSS). 
Forty six percent said they don't know the definition of Internet
tagging. Tagging is similar to the bookmarks people make on their
personal Web browsers, except that tagged Web pages are stored on the
Internet and can be accessed from any computer at any time. 
The survey data was weighted to represent the total U.S. adult
population on the basis of religion, age within gender, education,
household income, race/ethnicity and propensity to be online, a
Microsoft spokeswoman told TechWeb Thursday. 
Carl Reed, PhD
CTO and Executive Director Specification Program
OGC

The OGC: Helping the World to Communicate Geographically

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