site feedery

I've looked around and there's no easy way to set up automatic email notifications for new blog posts. I assumed this fairly basic feature was part of the blogger platform and it isn't, which is annoying, but there it is. So I recommend setting up up a site feed, which is pretty simple:

(this is the process for firefox)

1. From the blog page, look at the far right of the browser address bar. You will see an orange and white icon. Click it.

2. A banner at the top will say "Subscribe to this feed using live bookmarks." If you click on the "Subscribe Now" button, firefox will add a bookmark that, when you select it, will show all the recent posts to the blog. That way you can see if there's been a new posting without actually going to the site.

3. You can add this service to a personalized home page through google (which I like) or yahoo. select one of them in the dropdown box instead of "live bookmarks."

Generally try to check the blog over the weekend--if there are major changes to our schedule after Monday morning I will send out an email but otherwise do not wish to clutter your inboxes. Remember that the blog can count toward your class participation grade--if you have a thought on something or run across an interesting site, post it!