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Ask HN: How do you keep track of all the content you encounter?

#1
I spend a lot of my time looking at HN, reddit, and a lot of other aggregation sites to find new cool projects or ideas. I have hundreds of browser bookmarks, my pocket saves are unwieldy, and a ton of different github stars.

How do people keep track of everything they're encountering? Like sometimes I'll see something and it will remind me of a post or project I saw months ago, but it's almost up to chance if I'm able to find it again or link the two concepts together.

Re: Ask HN: How do you keep track of all the content you encounter?

#8
I use Tabs Outliner (Chrome extension) as my short(er)-term memory, and Raindrop.io as my long-term memory. Occasionally, I'll create "awesome list" notes (using Apple Notes) on a theme.

> Like sometimes I'll see something and it will remind me of a post or project I saw months ago, but it's almost up to chance if I'm able to find it again or link the two concepts together.

I have this problem as well. It'd be neat if Raindrop.io would automagically surface "Things Like This I've Saved".

Re: Ask HN: How do you keep track of all the content you encounter?

#9

I don't. Some things I remember, some I do not. I feel like that's the way it has to be for me.

Same. I think it would be cool but really most of the stuff is not that useful.

Just like physical stuff I have - happened once or twice in my life when some small thing would be useful if I would keep it.

LRU - last recently used is sorting algorithm for my life.

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