
The appropriately-named
Of Zen and Computing has an article that's been making the rounds lately, called
A non-technical explanation of RSS. It is what it claims to be: A short, easy-to-parse description of what feeds are, how to find them, and how to read them, for people who aren't geeks. Or at least not internet geeks (I have a theory that everybody is some kind of geek--model railroad geek, sports geek, reality TV geek--but I digress). So bookmark this link and the next time a terminally non-technical friend/spouse/relative/boss asks you WTF is RSS, you'll have an answer.