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+layout: post
+title: "Follow the Blog"
+description: "There's lots of ways to do it"
+nofollow: true
+---
+
+There are a few ways to get notified of new posts to the Mediocre Blog.
+
+## Method 1: RSS
+
+RSS is the classic way to follow any blog. Simply give any RSS reader the
+following URL...
+
+<a href="{{site.url}}/feed.xml">{{site.url}}/feed.xml</a>
+
+...and posts from this blog will show up as soon as they are published.
+
+There are literally thousands of RSS readers out there. Here's some
+recommendations:
+
+* [Google Chrome Browser Extension](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/rss-feed-reader/pnjaodmkngahhkoihejjehlcdlnohgmp)
+
+* [spaRSS](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.etuldan.sparss.floss/) is my
+ preferred android RSS reader, but you'll need to install
+ [f-droid](https://f-droid.org/) on your device (a good thing to do anyway,
+ imo).
+
+* TODO: an iOS reader, for you Apple users. Someone please [email
+ me](mailto:mediocregopher.com) a recommendation.
+
+
+## Method 2: Twitter
+
+New posts are automatically published to [my Twitter](https://twitter.com/{{
+site.twitter_username }}). Simply follow me there and pray the algorithm smiles
+upon my tweets enough to show them to you! :pray: :pray: :pray:
+
+## Method 3: Email
+
+I do solemnly swear to never ever ever:
+
+* Email you anything that's not a notification about new blog posts.
+
+* Give your email address to anyone for any reason.
+
+* Track whether or not you've opened the emails, clicked the links inside, or
+ anything like that. Delete every single one, I don't care.
+
+With that out of the way... if you'd like to receive an email everytime a new
+post is published just type in your email and hit "Subscribe" below!
+
+<!-- Begin Mailchimp Signup Form -->
+<link href="//cdn-images.mailchimp.com/embedcode/horizontal-slim-10_7.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
+<style type="text/css">
+ #mc_embed_signup{
+ }
+ /* Add your own Mailchimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block.
+ We recommend moving this block and the preceding CSS link to the HEAD of your HTML file. */
+</style>
+<div id="mc_embed_signup">
+<form action="https://gmail.us7.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=b01da7c6e6b3cb148e812a0fc&amp;id=e4559a9a22" method="post" id="mc-embedded-subscribe-form" name="mc-embedded-subscribe-form" class="validate" target="_blank" novalidate>
+ <div id="mc_embed_signup_scroll">
+
+ <input type="email" value="" name="EMAIL" class="email" id="mce-EMAIL" placeholder="email address" required>
+ <!-- real people should not fill this in and expect good things - do not remove this or risk form bot signups-->
+ <div style="position: absolute; left: -5000px;" aria-hidden="true"><input type="text" name="b_b01da7c6e6b3cb148e812a0fc_e4559a9a22" tabindex="-1" value=""></div>
+ <div class="clear"><input type="submit" value="Subscribe" name="subscribe" id="mc-embedded-subscribe" class="button"></div>
+ </div>
+</form>
+</div>
+<!--End mc_embed_signup-->