I have this problem too. I used to bookmark, but nothing really ever triggered me to go back through and read them. So I started leaving tabs open on my phone to read on the bus, but eventually started closing them when I realised they'd been sitting there unread for a week. Finally I built a tool for myself [0] that takes the URL and your email address, runs the page through Mozilla's reader-mode and emails the result to you in 15 minute (3000 word) snippets - which I've found to be a manageable sized piece for a bus trip.
Ask HN: How do you keep track of the articles you want to read?
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Re: Ask HN: How do you keep track of the articles you want to read?
#62I use org mode, together with org agenda. It doubles for taking notes, too! Helped me write my thesis and keep notes accessible. Unfortunately, there are no good solutions for using org from a phone.
https://github.com/orgzly/orgzly-android with https://syncthing.net/ works great for me
Re: Ask HN: How do you keep track of the articles you want to read?
#63The best thing about Pocket for me is the Kobo integration. I can seamlessly send articles I might find interesting from my laptop or phone, then read them while on-the-go or in bed with the lights off using a device meant for reading.
That’s exactly what I do. Save to pocket then read later on Kobo. It’s the first setup I’ve ever had where things I intend to read later actually get read later.
I just wish I could clip highlights from pocket-on-Kobo.
Re: Ask HN: How do you keep track of the articles you want to read?
#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
Looks pretty good. Did anyone already try it?
I use it since ~4 Years and i love it. Its also my personal archive. You can tag articles and there is an app (for reading and sharing articles directly to wallabag) and a Firefox addon which lets you quickly add articles and tag them immediately. But its a rather big php app which did not perform well on my bananapi which i used until half a year ago. Now whith a little bit more hardware (udoo x86) its running reall…
May I ask, what did ‘not perform well’ entail in this case? The reading interface, capturing, or something else?
Re: Ask HN: How do you keep track of the articles you want to read?
#65Most articles go in a tab in my browser, either I read it eventually or I realize I don't really care and close it.
Academic papers that I read and figure out I might wanna re-read or reference later goes into Paperpile (using their browser plugin).
For projects I work on I keep working notes in markdown using Typora. Some links to libraries or articles might find their way into these working notes if I think I need to come back to them later. The markdown documents are then usually committed to some git repo.
Re: Ask HN: How do you keep track of the articles you want to read?
#66A plain old text file synced across my devices with Dropbox. Dummy, but it works.
ps. I use this approach for my notes in general
Re: Ask HN: How do you keep track of the articles you want to read?
#67Pocket is pretty good. It keeps the copy of the page so even if it’s gone, you can still read years later. Plus you can use their app to read things offline or do search (where had I saw that?). One big issue is no support for pdf. So if you are in to reading research papers, try Diogo. It allows highlights and annotating and they stay in their server copy. Unfortunately diigo has turned out to be pretty buggy.
Re: Ask HN: How do you keep track of the articles you want to read?
#68I either read it right away, or I send the tab via Firefox Sync to my phone, so I can read it on the bus/train the same day. I very rarely keep anything longer than that. I tried using pocket for a while, but I just ended up with a gigantic long list of stuff I never got around to reading.
There's just way too much stuff out there.
My only exception is Spotify, where I have a bunch of "check this out" playlists. I'll generally pick one at random for my commute, and then either save my favorite tracks and delete the playlist, or upgrade the playlist to "favorite album" status.
Re: Ask HN: How do you keep track of the articles you want to read?
#69Contrarian thought here - but I stopped saving things. I was a very heavy user of pocket, pinboard, delicious et al for web articles. For academic papers I use Mendeley. I now make an active effort to read the article as I discover it - the point being (for me) that if I'm in the process of "discovering" an article, I'm not "working" on anything else that leads me to have to save it for later -- I'm in the zone, read…
Double contrarian here :). My read it later list now has few thousands things and I love it! The ability to put things in queue frees up my time now unless reading it is absolutely required for task on hand. Think of it as easiest way to filter and prioritize. I don’t think I will get time to read those few thousands pending links but I can still search for things if I remember seeing it before but have forgotten exactly where. On the other hand I sometimes get stuck on long queues or travels without Internet access. At those time saved links in Pocket still available offline is great way to spend time. I also tag links by priority p1, p2 and p3.
So take away is that don’t get frustrated by ever growing read it later list. Think of it as way of creating your local searchable crawl of pages that matter to you.
Re: Ask HN: How do you keep track of the articles you want to read?
#70Larder