On August 21, 2009, In Lesson X - Everything Else..., by Kevin Fox
BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer file sharing protocol used for distributing large amounts of data. BitTorrent is one of the most common protocols for transferring large files, and by Ipoque[1] estimates it accounted for approximately 27-55% of all Internet traffic depending on geographical location as of February 2009.[2]
On June 10, 2009, In Lesson 1 - Listening with RSS, by Kevin Fox
The key take away is that RSS is like tivo for the internet, with RSS the content you want is easily available when and where you want it. Having a good set of RSS feeds for a topic/community is the first step to actually engaging with the people in that online community, that step is being able to listen!