No, not some electronic online version of the bagpipes but a way of filtering links into an RSS Feed.

The first tutorial I read left me confused, bewildered and convinced I was too stupid to set up even one Yahoo Pipe of my own. Then I read Yahoo Pipes: A User’s Guide – Datamation and I made my first one within a few minutes. I suddenly understood what I was doing.

I think the difference between the two tutorials was that the first was written by somebody who found it all as simple as falling off a log and thought everybody else would find it easy too. The second one was done by somebody who understands that not everybody has the same technical and programming knowledge and background and so a step by step guide is easy to follow for all levels of knowledge.

My first Pipe is a feed of the most recent posts from this blog and my other one, Stazjia’s Commentary. I want to use it on some of my Squidoo lenses. I also have plans for a more complicated one for the lensmasters in my coaching group.