How to send an RSS Feed to your email inbox

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Apr 2, 2009 5:45 AM

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Tommy, our senior pastor at Ridgeview Church, asked me recently how I got all my favorite blogs sent to my email. I told him (again) that I don't get them in my email, but with a feed-reader called Google Reader. Through his question however, I came across a really cool service you might be interested in. Here is what I found at a site Web Worker Daily


For those folks who haven’t jumped on the RSS bandwagon, their subscription options can be a bit limited. The problem is that while a lot of sites offer an alternate option to subscribe via email, many do not.

Enter Feed My Inbox - a very cool service that lets you subscribe to any RSS feed and receive it at your preferred email address.

Feed My Inbox really couldn’t be more simple. Enter in the website address of the site you wish to subscribe to, enter in your email address and click submit. You’ll receive an email with a confirmation link you must click and then, well - that’s it.

Feed My Inbox sends out a daily email with all of the posts made since their last mailing. It’s not quite as instantaneous as subscribing via RSS but it’s a good compromise for those who would have no other subscription options.

I mentioned that Feed My Inbox was simple, and for the user it is. Behind the scenes though it is smart enough to deal with any number of feed formats and can even recognize multiple feeds and allow the user to choose which the ones they wish to subscribe to.

I’m not going to ditch my Google Reader any time soon, but I’ve already recommended Feed My Inbox for some clients and family who are running a bit behind the technology curve.

Feed My Inbox is currently free with no apparent restrictions.

Blog/Website Development

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Jan 10, 2009 8:31 PM

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I have spent my off time over the last few days working on "designing" a new blog for someone. I have no idea what I am doing. I love the way blogger allows me to build things as I go. If you are a person who actually went to school to do this type of thing, or have spent many years learning how to write html and such you might not be as excited about all the options available.

Do "create your own design" type of sites/blogs help or hurt overall creativity around the web? Does it limit those of you with actual talent from getting paid to do what you are good at? Or, does the access to limitless possibilities help everyone?

Printing to a PDF File

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Oct 15, 2008 11:49 AM

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I have been asked by a few people to send them sheet music, graphic designs, or other files that I have in program specific files. Some examples of this might be Finale, Sibelius, Publisher, or CCLI Song Select.
 
I was introduced to a printer driver a while back called PDF995. With this driver, I am able to make a pdf file of anything that I might print, whether it is from a program, or from a website, to a pdf file. This works beautifully if you are trying to send an email to someone without your program, because they can always read a pdf file.
 
If not, Acrobat Reader is Free for them to download as well. I still use the free version of PDF995, although it is a bit annoying to see some pop up adds, I don't feel like paying the $20 bucks for the full version. Mine has performed dutifully for over a year now.
 
Happy PDF Printing!

Looking for a great FREE podcasting solution?

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Oct 7, 2008 7:10 AM

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I stumbled across Gcast a few months back, and I love it! So far, I have not been limited to a certain number of posts, or a maximum amount of space that I can use.

It is supposed to used in conjuction with Garage Band as a way for new musicians to get their music out to their fans... I use it as a way to put out our sermons for ridgeviewchurch.net each week.

It has a real simple player that can be added to any website, and automatically updates itself when you add a new podcast. all I have to do is get my service in an MP3 format, and the rest takes care of itself.

Check it out!

Learning to blog post via email address

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Sep 15, 2008 10:30 AM

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I am testing out something new (for me) today, which is a post from my gmail account. Why would someone want to do this you might ask? Well, if I can post with an email, it means that anything I get in an email, I can just forward on to my blog if I choose. It also means I can use an automated email service to post for me if I choose to do so. Ultimateley, I have found that keeping up with a blog can be a time consuming task. But, if the posts are kept very regular I find my readers to stop by my blog more often, and are more likelt to subscribe to my RSS feed. The best way for me to keep up with this is to have multiple options for posting.

1. Post at http://www.blogspot.com/
2. send a picture text message to go@blogger.com
3. send a text message to go@blogger.com
4. send an email to go@blogger.com

Any other options you are aware of?

Here is how I set it up.
1. I sent this email (learning to post via email address) to go@blogger.com

2. I received an email reply that looked like this:
Welcome! xxxxxxx.blogspot.com is your blog. Claim it at go.blogger.com with code: XXXXXXX

3. I went to go@blogger.com and put in my token claim code I had just received

4. Mobile Blog Found
Congratulations, you have created a blog with your mobile device. Now you may access additional settings, options, and features available from Blogger.com.

Welcome Back!
You are logged in as xxxxxx@gmail.com .
Continue as this user Sign out and continue as another user
I selected "continue as this user"

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Claim Mobile Blog
Your mobile posts are are being sent to xxxxxx.blogspot.com/. Would you rather have them sent to one of your existing blogs?
From there I selected to send my posts to Milo Wilson

6. Click Finish - YOUR DONE!


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