I was having some trouble figuring out how to add a single RSS feed to Feedly today, so I thought I would make a write up about how one can do it.  First lets find a feed that we want to add.  I like Design You Trust so I will get their feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/dyt

Alright, now that you have the URL, feedly works off of Google Reader.  I had never used Google Reader in my life but it looks like Feedly just makes it prettier.  Anyway, go into Google Reader normally (http://www.google.com/reader/) and then on the left side, click “Add Subscription,” it is in a green highlighted box. Paste your link and click “Add.”

Good, now you just need to add it to Feedly.  If you are prompted to, go ahead and add it to the folder called “z.feedly.seeded”  and you can also add it to the subcategory where you would like it to appear in Feedly; for example, Thinkers, Auto, Web Dev, et cetera.  In this case, I am going to add it to design.

If you were not prompted to put it in a folder right away, or just happened to navigate away from that option.  Just click on the “Settings” link in the upper right corner, click on the “Subscriptions” tab, and find your feed.  Use the drop down menu to add it to “z.feedly.seeded” and then the subcategory of your choice.

Wait a minute or two for Feedly to find your feed and show it in unread material.  Enjoy.

EDIT

Thanks to Edwin Khodabakchian, one of the Feedly software developers for pointing out that you can also add a feed to Feedly by visiting the website and waiting for a +f to appear in the far right side of your address bar.

This blog is as much about thoughts, ideas, and sharing, as it is about personal outlet for myself.  Today I woke up with a vengeance to do extraordinary things with my life; then I watched TV for a good 4 hours today–wow.  I did, however, learn several new things today.  I began to conquer my qualms about calling people on the phone and even wrote a blog post about that.  After that didn’t work, I sent an email to the person–I couldn’t get him on the phone, just voice mail.  Common!

I also sent an email out about a job that doesn’t actually exist but I would like it to.  I can dream.  I don’t want to be stuck doing crap labor at some retailer that will only pay me 15 cents more than minimum wage.  Besides that, I cooked dinner for four–well most of it.  I didn’t put the spaghetti in to boil and I didn’t chop up the carrots for the salad, but I did make the garlic bread.  I learned how to 180 ollie and am pretty pysced about that, even though it really isn’t a big deal.  I gained some interesting information from Gary Vaynerchuk, see above post.  I was almost fooled by Google’s April fools joke, and was fooled by Alex Hillman’s.  Plus I got some transcripts sent.

I also found a video, thanks to Viddler, of Rick Astley–Never Gonna Give You Up.  I must say that I am really atracted to the way the girls dress in the video.  It could be my 1980’s blood, the girls themselves, Rick Astley, or just the amazing music that it is.  Perhaps it is a combination.  Hope they girlfriend isn’t mad about that.

I am also upset that Google took away the sweet drop down menu when you started typing something.  What was that?  Ajax?  Anyway, it was really cool and now it’s gone from the main search.  Now, enjoy Rick Astley–I command it.

I will figure out how to post the video code in a minute.

I couldn’t get the Viddler plugin to work at the moment so click here.  Rick Roll’d!