How do I use feedly and what is feedly
Here is my practical video demonstration on how to use feedly and why. feedly is a RSS reader and from a research point of view it’s essential. It is a tool that is useful for
- staying current
- sharing with your network
- bookmarking research
- keeping in touch with what other experts are doing…
all in one place. Here’s how to do it:
Feedly is based on Google Reader, which means you will need a Google account (ie have a gmail address) to log in. If you are researching and wanting to keep up to date easily, an RSS reader like feedly is essential. Download it here.
UPDATE:
Feedly have just featured this video on their blog building feedly along with some changes they may make as a result.
What they also have are some very helpful tips about how to use feedly for Google chrome which I am about to implement myself. Thanks guys!
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Heidi
That was fantastic, really clear and concise – you’re a born educator! I’m glad my question ( http://twitter.com/hollingsworth/statuses/8995027290 ) helped you decide (http://twitter.com/dreamingspires/status/9119408675) to do this! I’m sure others will benefit from using Feedly.
It does seem like an improved Google Reader (with the custom look/feel and link-sharing) and also reminded me of the way I am using Twitter Lists to categorise the people I follow.
I am going to give Feedly another go as I’ve never really got Google Reader under control – information overload (primarily use it to search). It’s probably also related to the way I use Twitter as my feed of relevant links and information (it’s advanced search, coupled with FriendFeed’s search, should not be underestimated)
Speaking of Twitter Lists, this reinforces why you’re a welcome additionto my “Women I find inspiring on Twitter” list: http://twitter.com/hollingsworth/inspiringwomen/members
Thanks for sharing this.
Cheers
Tony Hollingsworth
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Fantastic
Well done Heidi
I love using Feedly, and this demonstration will help others to discover the power of Feedly Feed for themselves
Keep up the great work
Mike
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I just wanted to point out that the easy part of subscribing with feedly as she showed is not a feedly feature it is a Firefox feature as you simply can change the dropdown to Google Reader or others. It is the Firefox Live Bookmarks feature which I believe came in Firefox 2.0
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You are a definite GoogleReader fan! – horses for courses…!
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Hello Heidi
You’ve inspired me to go back and have another look at feedly. I didn’t really get on with it first time round. I’m intrigued with following RSS feeds of twitter accounts. I know @drves does this as well. He tells me he doesn’t follow me on twitter but does on google reader. This strikes me as being really cumbersome. Perhaps 80% of my tweets are conversational (@messages) which means you will see them in your twitter stream if you also follow the other person involved. But I think they would look extremely tedious in google reader. Can you tell me more about why it is useful to you?
AM
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Heidi Allen Reply:
February 18th, 2010 at 10:47 am
Hi Anne Marie – following RSS tweets is an interesting one – I would use it for following someone who posts a lot of interesting links. You’re right about following someone who has a more conversational style, it’s not as useful (and you can’t interact). That said it’s a much faster way of scanning what someone has posted than scrolling through twitter. I also wonder what impact Google Buzz will have on how I follow people and what they are posting. If you’re already using GoogleReader (which Feedly syncs with) you may not want to switch, it just depends on what style of viewing you prefer.
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What tool do you use to make your video? Very well done, btw.
Thanks,
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Heidi Allen Reply:
March 19th, 2010 at 8:10 am
Thanks David – I’m experimenting with screenflow at the moment (it works well with a mac)
Heidi
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Hi Heidi,
I just downloaded the freedly add on in Firefox. You have written a wonderful explanation. I really appreciate the easy and clear information you gave, and for the additional links. I just recently got into the whole blogging thing (based on a friends encouragement. still not sure how that happened. lol) and there is so much information out there that is out dated and not always very clear. Thank you again for writing this article. This will help me keep everything organized and together! Take care and have a great day!
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Heidi Allen Reply:
May 14th, 2010 at 4:44 pm
Thanks Laura – that’s great encouragement! Sounds like you got into blogging the same way I did…. Watch it… it could become permanent!
Heidi
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An excellent introduction to an excellent RSS reader.
I use it on Firefox on my Ubuntu notebook and it is now my home page.
Thanks.
Drabzz
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