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So what apps/tools/process do you use for bookmarking content and what would you improve ?
If you don't bookmark why not ? Is it a lack of good tools or you just don't have any desire to ?
The amount of information I'm interested in is such that the time needed to understand it is >>>> my lifetime.
Unfortunately a tool won't help.
Yes, I do, in my browser bookmarks... but I never come back. I just hoard bookmarks and then sweep and prune whole folders from time to time. The amount of information I'm interested in is such that the time needed to understand it is >>>> my lifetime. Unfortunately a tool won't help.
Yes got loads of bookmarks, use Chrome because of the sync facility. Can add/remove bookmarks & they're synced between mobile devices & laptops.
I've always thought it would be nice to have bookmarks that either self destruct or pop-up as a reminder some specified time in the future. For example, I just read an article about creating a bootable USB copy of OS X Mavericks. I bookmarked it as a reminder for when Mavericks comes out. That's a bookmark I'm going to need exactly once in the future and that should be destroyed as soon as I act on it.
That leaves traditional bookmarks mainly for select "reference" resources like API documentation.
For whatever reason, I have a strong dislike of "junk drawers", even when they are digital, and like getting rid of things.
In recent years, I have preferred "read it later" services to traditional bookmarks. I delete items once I've read them (rather than building up an archive), and have went from Instapaper to Pocket to Apple's Reading List, each of which was an upgrade in UX. That leaves traditional bookmarks mainly for select "reference" resources like API documentation. For whatever reason, I have a strong dislike of "junk drawers",…