To All Those Who Subscribe;

Well, this has been quite the ride hasn't it? I started this little
effort using just a list of emails of folks who said they would like
to read some of the things that I found. Then it became this
fuller-fledged newsletter and then finally e-Clippings (not my most
imaginative work but one that stuck) found a home on the Web here at
Yahoo.

So now what. Well as time has passed my interest in investigating the
intersection of technology, culture and learning has not lessened.
Neither has my passion for sharing those items I find or my thoughts
about them. What has changed though, is the way I want to reach people
with those thoughts and items.

In case you don't know, I started my own blog a while back. You can
find it over at http://blogoehlert.typepad.com/eclippings/

I love doing the blog - the pace fits my mental pace, the site
functionality allows me to do things like post files and photos easily
and with a great deal of control over the design. Its even been
reviewed nicely by some on the Web. I'm also not averse to continue
doing a newsletter. There is an automated function available in some
blogging software that would bundle all my daily posts and send them
out but my blogging software unfortunately doesn't have that feature.
There is a way you can stay informed though (other than visiting my
site).

Blogs use a technology called RSS (think of it as a radio station and
my posts are the songs). You can sign up for an "Aggregator" (think of
it as your radio). Then you "subscribe" (think tune in) to different
blogs using the aggregator to read what they're saying.

A really good free aggregator is available at www.newsgator.com. There
is also one at www.bloglinges.com. These are both free and can used to
subscribe to any blog not just mine. After you sign up with an
aggregator, you need to tell it which blog to listen to. You do this
by giving it the link to the RSS Feed (think tuning in to the station)
from whatever blog you want. My RSS Feed looks like this
http://blogoehlert.typepad.com/eclippings/index.rdf and is called
"Syndicate this site" - other sites will have little button that say
"XML" that will have the right link. Anyway - this is all fairly easy
but if you want any help at all, you have a coupon as a reader of
e-Clippings to a free consultation via email with me on how to set
this up. Don't be shy about taking me up on this.

So I guess that's it - in case you haven't guessed, I will no longer
be publishing the e-Clippings newsletter through this site. I will
continue to pursue options for those who wish to get an email
subscription but the content will be from my blog at
http://blogoehlert.typepad.com/eclippings/

I have and will continue to appreciate every single subscriber more
than you'll ever know, but the time has to move on to a different
pasture. I hope you will all come and visit.

With deep thanks,

Mark Oehlert, editor, e-Clippings Newsletter