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Show HN: Don't forget useful Hacker News articles, retain by ReRead'ing later

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Re: Show HN: Don't forget useful Hacker News articles, retain by ReRead'ing later

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Post by jt2190 »

bmelton wrote: post #15
jemka wrote: post #2

>Isn't this the same as bookmarking? >No, because when you bookmark you have to remember to go back to your list of bookmarks to re-read the article I have a folder on my bookmark bar titled "Articles". When I don't have time to read an interesting article I see, I add it to that folder. When I'm bored and can't find anything to read, I open that folder. I'd argue that most people's pain point isn't lack of rememberi…

Actually, that's exactly the problem that I have. I don't have a habit of checking in on my Pocket account, so I often end up Pocketing things that I want to read later, forgetting about them altogether, and then finding them weeks after they're no longer relevant or useful.

  > I often end up Pocketing things that I want to read later, 
  > forgetting about them altogether, and then finding them 
  > weeks after they're no longer relevant or useful.
Interesting. I seem to recall that the Getting Things Done time-management technique uses this very approach to help weed out unnecessary work (reading). The idea is that if the article is safely bookmarked, there's no longer any worry that we might loose track of something important yet (as you experienced) most of what gets bookmarked can be safely discarded without reading at all, saving time. So in the GTD context this "bug" is a "feature".

Re: Show HN: Don't forget useful Hacker News articles, retain by ReRead'ing later

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Post by zferland »

Killswitch wrote: post #18
trendoid wrote: post #4

Finally, someone paying attention to this. Browser extension should be high priority!

First thing I thought was a Chrome extension that you can click and it'll take the current tab url, and either popup a little window asking you when to remind, or you can set a default reminder time in the options.

Timecapsule.io (http://timecapsule.io/) works exactly like this. It was built for the exact same reason, although I think the purpose and problem was maybe worded a little more clearly here.

*disclaimer - I built timecapsule.io

Re: Show HN: Don't forget useful Hacker News articles, retain by ReRead'ing later

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Post by hrabago »

sinak wrote: post #23

We did something similar (to help with memory retention) and using spaced repetition a while ago: http://memstash.co

Whenever I see websites like this, I always ask myself questions like "How much does it cost?" and "How does it make money?" and "Who's running this site?".

The fact that none of this information is shown scares the heck out of me. It's a shame - I like the concept.

Re: Show HN: Don't forget useful Hacker News articles, retain by ReRead'ing later

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Post by jemeshsu »

I created this to save important HN posts, which I define as link that made it to the top 3. You can access only the latest 20 entries though, but past links are in my postgres database :-). And there is RSS feed too. http://www.tophnnews.com

Re: Show HN: Don't forget useful Hacker News articles, retain by ReRead'ing later

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Post by trendoid »

zferland wrote: post #22
Killswitch wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

First thing I thought was a Chrome extension that you can click and it'll take the current tab url, and either popup a little window asking you when to remind, or you can set a default reminder time in the options.

Timecapsule.io ( http://timecapsule.io/ ) works exactly like this. It was built for the exact same reason, although I think the purpose and problem was maybe worded a little more clearly here. *disclaimer - I built timecapsule.io

I really want to check this out but... seriously? only signup with twitter?

Re: Show HN: Don't forget useful Hacker News articles, retain by ReRead'ing later

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Post by rfnslyr »

dblacc wrote: post #9
potench wrote: post #8

This functionality exists - Click the up-arrow to the left of the article, it will log it in saved-stories and you can reread it later. Added bonus is that you +1 the article so others know you found it worthwhile.

Its for more than Hacker News articles though

There's an internet beyond HN?
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