diff --git a/README b/README
index 00db9ef..9620648 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-Author: jim teeuwen <jimteeuwen@gmail.com>
-Dependencies: go-pkg-xmlx ( http://github.com/jteeuwen/go-pkg-xmlx )
+================================================================================
+ RSS
+================================================================================
 
 This package allows us to fetch Rss and Atom feeds from the internet.
 They are parsed into an object tree which is a hybrid of both the RSS and Atom
@@ -29,3 +30,17 @@ either a new channel or a new item is found that previously did not exist.
 This allows you to easily monitor a feed for changes. See src/feed_test.go for
 an example of how this works.
 
+================================================================================
+ DEPENDENCIES
+================================================================================
+
+ goinstall github.com/jteeuwen/go-pkg-xmlx
+
+================================================================================
+ USAGE
+================================================================================
+
+ $ goinstall github.com/jteeuwen/go-pkg-rss
+
+ An idiomatic example program can be found in example.go.
+
diff --git a/example.go b/example.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc31b03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package main
+
+/*
+This is a minimal sample application, demonstrating how to set up an RSS feed
+for regular polling of new channels/items.
+*/
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"time"
+	rss "github.com/jteeuwen/go-pkg-rss"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	// This sets up a new feed and polls it for new channels/items in
+	// a separate goroutine. Invoke it with 'go PollFeed(..)' to have the
+	// polling performed in a separate goroutine, so you can continue with
+	// the rest of your program.
+	PollFeed("http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/examples/sampleRss091.xml", 5)
+}
+
+func PollFeed(uri string, timeout int) {
+	feed := rss.New(timeout, true, chanHandler, itemHandler)
+
+	for {
+		if err := feed.Fetch(uri); err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "[e] %s: %s", uri, err)
+			return
+		}
+
+		<-time.After(feed.SecondsTillUpdate() * 1e9)
+	}
+}
+
+func chanHandler(feed *rss.Feed, newchannels []*rss.Channel) {
+	fmt.Printf("%d new channel(s) in %s\n", len(newchannels), feed.Url)
+}
+
+func itemHandler(feed *rss.Feed, ch *rss.Channel, newitems []*rss.Item) {
+	fmt.Printf("%d new item(s) in %s\n", len(newitems), feed.Url)
+}