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Using Google Docs to Create A Custom Mobile News Reader
March 2014
How Does This Help? We all make an effort to stay current, and
retrieve our news from various sources It is cumbersome to visit individual websites
(so eliminate this as much as possible) News aggregators, social media, etc. are all
resources, as well as... – Having a basic – bare bones - news feed is
another option.
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Here’s an Example Only interested in the most current
information. So, limit news items to 10-20 items per “category”
Older news simply falls off. News reader is designed to be looked at frequently.
Two popular professional resources are the Wall Street Journal and Harvard Business Blog posts– This example uses these sites (a WSJ subscription
is needed for access to news stories)
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Use Case Mobile devices – primarily smartphone, but
tablet is fine. Link to review this example can be accessed
here. http://bit.ly/wsj-news-feed– Open on smartphone/tablet and Bookmark the
site (and add to Homescreen, if desired)
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Using the Mini-Reader
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Page selection tabs
Sectionsincluded in this tab
Using the Mini-Reader
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Tap tab to select topic
Tap Link to Open
Tap Here to return to Index
Using the Mini-Reader
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Tap card to switch back to news dashboard
How is This Done?1. Obtain RSS feed URL’s2. Import feed into a Google spreadsheet3. Create Dashboard view using =Hyperlink
function to create article link4. Repeat as necessary – depending on number
of RSS feeds you want in dashboard5. “Publish” dashboard as HTML webpage (via
Google Docs)
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How is This Done?1. Obtain RSS feed URL’s Sample WSJ
– WSJ RSS News Feeds webpage• http://online.wsj.com/page/0_0813.html
– Feed for “WSJ News – US News”• http://online.wsj.com/xml/rss/3_8068.xml
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How is This Done?2. Import feed into a Google spreadsheet Use Google “ImportFeed” function
– Overview of this function here (from “Digital Inspiration” website
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How is This Done?3. Create Dashboard
View– Hyperlink function
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How is This Done?3. “Publish” Google Spreadsheet
– Hide “support” tabs of spreadsheet
– Leaves just tabs we want visible…
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How is This Done?3. “Publish” Google
Spreadsheet…cont.– Publish the document to
a webpage• “File” > “Publish to the
web”
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How is This Done?3. “Publish” Google
Spreadsheet…cont.– Publish the
document to a webpage
• “File” > “Publish to the web”
• Copy link to access “published” pages
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How is This Done?3. “Publish” Google
Spreadsheet…cont.– View link in your
web browser– Available tabs now
show up top and is a viewable only webpage
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Mobile Device Setup - Bookmarks
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Tap card to switch back to news dashboard
Easy 2-Tap Access
Wrap-Up Google Docs makes it simple to receive your
news – updated and published continuously Simple set up and management No maintenance necessary unless you want to
change content 3 basic steps
– Import news using Google’s “ImportFeed” function– Set up dashboard using “Hyperlink” function– Publish to the web for easy sharing and viewable
access
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Questions
Contact Information:
Donald R. Tomoff, CPA, MBADirectorInvenio Advisors LLC (Overview)E [email protected] Don on the Web
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