RSS Feeds 
RSS feeds are a great way to keep up-to-date about North Shore City Council news and events.
What is RSS?
RSS is an acronym for Really Simple Syndication. RSS is a web format most commonly used in Blogs and News sites which allows you to keep up to date with the latest information on those sites. That summary of information comes in the form of an RSS feed which users can subscribe to. The summary of information will normally have a heading, a description, a date and of course a link that links you to the actual content on a website. Subscribing is as easy as adding the feed link to your preferred RSS Reader (sometimes referred to as a feed aggregator).
How can I view a RSS feed?
You need an RSS Reader, you may in fact already have one but are unaware of it. Outlook 2007 has a built in RSS reader and the popular web browser Mozilla Firefox (versions 1.0 onwards) has what's known as "Live Bookmarks" which is a simplistic RSS reader grabbing headlines from RSS feeds. Internet Explorer 7.0 also has a similar feature as do many other popular browsers like Apple's Safari. If you don't have any of the aforementioned then there are numerous free RSS Readers / feed aggregators available for download.
Where can I get a RSS reader?
For a comprehensive list of RSS readers search Wikipedia for "List of feed aggregators"
Where do I find RSS feeds?
Many news based websites now offers RSS feeds ( look for the RSS icon ) and these will sometimes be categorised into areas of interest, like International News, National News, Sport etc...
What's the advantage of an RSS feed?
An RSS feed allows you to keep up to date with news and information that interests you without you having to navigate to a mulitude of websites to find news that you may or may not want to read. By using an RSS reader you can quickly see in one place the latest news item summarys from your favourite websites.