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Re: Ask HN: What is your content discovery daily routine?

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Post by urahara »

I don't have any specific routine. There is a large list of various sources in my head, which I check randomly when I feel I need to read something. I don't bookmark things, but occasionally write down my impressions from some sources and posts, which helps me to remember them.

ps Oh, I actually bookmark links on HN, probably this is the only place where I bookmark anything

Re: Ask HN: What is your content discovery daily routine?

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Post by da_n »

Tl/dr Hacker News, Podcasts, RSS, YouTube and Reddit.

Perhaps because I've been on internet since early days I still use RSS (self-hosted Stringer + Unread app). I keep RSS feeds as selective and few as possible. I have a couple of dozen podcasts I listen to, some of which deliver daily episodes. I subscribe to a fair number of YouTube channels which is (mostly) good for conference talks and tutorials. Reddit I am getting close to ditching.

Re: Ask HN: What is your content discovery daily routine?

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Post by rufb »

My strategy pretty much consists of subscribing to good creators and curators across all channels.

I have a bookmark folder (aptly named 1) which opens:

    - My Gmail "newsletters" filter view
    - My AOL Reader
    - HackerNews
    - MetaFilter
    - My Facebook "Must read" user list
    - My Twitter "Must read" list
    - My Reddit "Must read" list
    - My Youtube "Subscriptions" page
In each one of these there's my selection of profiles that reliably create or flag good content (to my standards).

If I have the time, I also go for the noisier and long-form channels in 2:

    - Newspapers
    - My YouTube "Watch Later" list
    - My Pinboard "Read later" list
    - HN Explain (in case I missed something big)
Being able to prioritize what comes into my "inbox" and being able to defer longer or more exhaustive content for later helps me always get a pulse of things quickly without spending too much time or mental energy.

Podcasts have a routine of their own because I listen during commute and workout but I treat it like my inbox: two daily scrubs of new content, and what seems interesting goes to the "Up next" playlist.

Re: Ask HN: What is your content discovery daily routine?

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Post by smorac »

1337biz wrote: post #4

Since RSS is not a mainstream thing anymore, it is getting harder and harder. My best strategy so far is creating twitter lists on topics that I am interested in an curate them with people who are engaged in their focus area. Still tricky to discover interesting people who don't just hype their personal angle. More and more the conversation seems also to shift from Twitter to LinkedIn.

Yes, it used to be quite easy with Google RSS Reader and Feedly to keep track of the stuff thanks to RSS, but a lot is happening on not in public anymore going to Facebook Groups, LinkedIn Groups. I gave up on Twitter a year ago because to much ads and feed got too crowded too quickly but I'm going back to it and their algorithm is doing a better job at curation for now.

Re: Ask HN: What is your content discovery daily routine?

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Post by ge96 »

danesparza wrote: post #6

Tech stuff: Hacker News Pinboard Popular https://pinboard.in/popular/ Podcasts (specifically Hanselminutes) https://hanselminutes.com/ Stackoverflow Reddit (occasionally) Food: Good Eats http://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/good-eats (and I'm happy to hear it may be coming back on air soon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ovc2Q-zdoyM )

Have you heard of the stack overflow podcast? Pretty good

Some others

Embedded - Coding blocks - Artificial Intelligence - Ted Radio Hour - Changelog - Masters of Scale - Indie Hackers - Hack the Entrepreneur

Pretty much listen to any coding/programming/entrepreneur/news related stuff.

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