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By Trey Reeme on July 02, 2005
Trabian’s website donation to Jamaica’s Kirkvine Credit Union was discussed today in the Dallas Morning News article “Texas, Jamaica team up” (article no longer available online).
By Brent Dixon on June 21, 2005
I like to have pizza, the newspaper, packages, girl scout cookies and the phone book brought right to my doorstep. I also dig breakfast in bed. I regret to have missed out on the era of “the milkman.” Does this make me a little lazy? Yes.
Now, with RSS, receiving news updates, blog updates and a variety of others is about as easy as having breakfast in bed.
RSS, short for “R*eally *Simple S*yndication,” allows you to choose the content you like and have it delivered to you instantly.
This means no more bouncing and clicking from site to site to site to see what’s new. The goods are brought straight to your doorstep.
RSS is not offered by all sites, but it is quickly setting the pace as the new standard. Most major news sites – including CNN, Fox News, and NPR – provide it as a service. It is also offered by the vast majority of blogs, including CUES Skybox and yours truly.
The first thing you need in order to access RSS feeds is a *news reader, also known as an aggregator. There are all kinds of news readers, some web-based and used through your browser, some downloaded and used on your desktop or PDA.
And I am happy to report that most of them are completely free.
| Windows | Mac OSX | PDA | Web-Based |
| Awasu | NetNewsWire | FeedBurner | NewsGator |
| Feed Demon | NewsFire | Hand/RSS | Bloglines |
| RSSReader | iBlog | NewsMob | Rocket RSS Reader |
| See More | See More | See More | See More |
Once you’ve found a reader you like, you simply have to figure out what sites you’d like to be kept up-to-date on. To use this site as an example: notice the big blue button that says “Subscribe to our feed” on the right side. If you click it, it will send you to our feed. You can subscribe by cutting and pasting the URL (web address) of the feed into your news reader.
Each news reader will be able to tell you in more specific detail how to make the most of its features. It is also worth mentioning that some browsers, including Firefox, Opera and Mac’s Safari have built-in readers. Expect to see this more and more.
Once you have the content you desire established and fed to your news reader, it’s a simple matter of rinse and repeat for each site you’d like to add.
And tell your clicking finger to take it easy for a while.
By Trey Reeme on June 20, 2005
Trabian CEO Matt Dean joined Houston FCU SVP Chris Choat in educating participants of the CUES Annual Convention on effective use of the Internet, particularly on the role of emerging technologies such as blogs and their place in the credit union industry. Dean and Choat were also the featured speakers at the meeting of the CUES Canada West Council, where the topic was blogs and online brand strategy.
By Trey Reeme on June 20, 2005
Open Source CU, a blog for credit union leaders, launched today. Created as an idea exchange, the blog attempts to open communications between CU members and management, to encourage use of technology that fits the movement’s inherent cooperative nature, and to convert traditional marketing into conversations.
For more information, visit www.opensourcecu.com.
By Trey Reeme on April 15, 2005
Six weeks after launching their Trabian-built website, Dallas Credit Union (DCU) has noticed a dramatic increase in membership applications received through www.dallascu.org.
“Our online membership applications went from just a couple a month to an average of over five per week in the first six weeks since launch,” explained Doug Williams, DCU’s Business Development Officer.
We've met some passionate innovators during our years working with credit unions, and at Open Source CU they share their ideas and experiences. We're always looking for more people to join the conversation!