---
title: "Make your desktop show active RSS content"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/7/18/make-your-desktop-show-active-rss-content.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/7/18/make-your-desktop-show-active-rss-content.html"
published: "2003-07-18T05:19:00"
updated: "2003-07-18T05:19:00"
tags: ["Blogging", "Cool Tools", "Tips & Tricks"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Doug Thews sent me this regarding the .net desktop contest: \" After looking at some of your entries, I decided that I had to write my own ActiveDesktop in ASP.NET to consume RSS feeds and provide other information. I…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# Make your desktop show active RSS content

By Roy Osherove July 18, 2003 In [Blogging](https://osherove.com/blog/category/blogging), [Cool Tools](https://osherove.com/blog/category/cool-tools), [Tips & Tricks](https://osherove.com/blog/category/tips-tricks)

**Historical article** · Originally published July 18, 2003; technical details may be outdated.

[Doug Thews](http://www.ddconsult.com/blogs/illuminati/) sent me this regarding the .net desktop contest:

"_After looking at some of your entries, I decided that I had to write my own ActiveDesktop in ASP.NET to consume RSS feeds and provide other information. I don't want entry into your contest, but I thought you might be interested in the project source code for grins ..._

[http://www.ddconsult.com/blogs/illuminati/archives/000078.html](http://www.ddconsult.com/blogs/illuminati/archives/000078.html)"

Great! Hey Robert, I know you wanted to find out how it's done, so here's your chance.

## More in Blogging

[All posts in Blogging](https://osherove.com/blog/category/blogging)

- Jul 18, 2003

    ### [A chat with scoble](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/7/18/a-chat-with-scoble.html)

- Jul 18, 2003

    ### [Weblogs@DotNetJunkies](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/7/18/weblogsdotnetjunkies.html)

- Jul 14, 2003

    ### [Vote for your favorite desktop at the .Net Desktops Contest](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/7/14/vote-for-your-favorite-desktop-at-the-net-desktops-contest.html)

- Jul 11, 2003

    ### [The blogger chain letter?](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/7/11/the-blogger-chain-letter.html)


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## About the author

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