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Re: Instapaper is joining Pinterest

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Post by kalleboo »

ninja_to_be wrote: post #168
BinaryIdiot wrote: post #137

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> Based on the comments I've read below the main concerns seem to be that Instapaper will either be shutdown or materially changed in a way that effects the end-user experience. I can tell you that neither of those are the plan for the short-term or long-term of the product, and I am personally looking forward to providing you with the same great service under a new owner. As a person who has been part of a small com…

Anecdotal evidence: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5381694 :)

And a bunch more https://ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com

Re: Instapaper is joining Pinterest

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Post by kobayashi »

idlewords wrote: post #39
leejoramo wrote: post #38

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Thanks for the link to Wallabag, I had never heard of it. Looks very interesting. I use Pinboard, and pay for the archiving option. I even periodically request a tarball of the archive for my own backup. Pinboard archives the entire page, not just a readable version of the content. For archival and reference purposes, I like this. It would be nice if Pinboard also provided a readable option. In fact, a number of the…

I'm cool with the idea of providing a readable option in Pinboard, since I already do something similar to get the text out of the page for indexing. Any library for this you particularly like?

Hopefully you see this. The biggest reason I stick with Pocket (despite the privacy implications) is because of its text-to-speech functionality. AFAIK, Pinboard is a website only, so TTS is out of the question. However, might this change in the future?

Re: Instapaper is joining Pinterest

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Post by conradev »

idlewords wrote: post #39
leejoramo wrote: post #38

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Thanks for the link to Wallabag, I had never heard of it. Looks very interesting. I use Pinboard, and pay for the archiving option. I even periodically request a tarball of the archive for my own backup. Pinboard archives the entire page, not just a readable version of the content. For archival and reference purposes, I like this. It would be nice if Pinboard also provided a readable option. In fact, a number of the…

I'm cool with the idea of providing a readable option in Pinboard, since I already do something similar to get the text out of the page for indexing. Any library for this you particularly like?

Instaparser, when it was originally released, was priced competitively with Diffbot: https://www.diffbot.com/products/automatic/#article

Which is a nice API for extracting metadata from a web page, although I understand it might not be worth the cost.

Re: Instapaper is joining Pinterest

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Post by supercoder »

bthdonohue wrote: post #104
idlewords wrote: post #99

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Delighted competitor here. How do you force your entire staff to relocate across the country without "materially changing the end-user experience"?

Hi Maciej, 2/3 of the staff members are moving to San Francisco. We all agreed to it before making the decision, no hands were forced. Also, big fan of your writing. Want to grab a coffee or beer now that I'm in SF? Brian

That's not a good sign. Most of the time when a tech company or app fails they're based in SF.

Re: Instapaper is joining Pinterest

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Post by NaOH »

derefr wrote: post #28
athenot wrote: post #21

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If you're on macOS / iOS, you can use the reading list. When you add items to your reading list from Safari, they get synced to your iOS device so you can read them offline from any of your devices. It does require iCloud but nothing beyond that.

I use Mobile Safari on iOS but Chrome on macOS. This means that, as much as I love Safari's Reading List, it's basically "unavailable" to me on the desktop. To put something in the Reading List from Chrome, I have to focus the URL bar, copy the URL, open Safari, paste and go to the URL, and then ⌘⇧D to put it in the list. (I can also right-click on the URL bar in Chrome and use the "Add to Reading List" OS Service, b…

I only use Safari, so I can't test if this still works, but have a look at this Stack Exchange thread on sending a non-Safari tab to Safari Reading List

http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/51534/reading-list-...

Re: Instapaper is joining Pinterest

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Post by mcgrath_sh »

kobayashi wrote: post #172
idlewords wrote: post #39

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I'm cool with the idea of providing a readable option in Pinboard, since I already do something similar to get the text out of the page for indexing. Any library for this you particularly like?

Hopefully you see this. The biggest reason I stick with Pocket (despite the privacy implications) is because of its text-to-speech functionality. AFAIK, Pinboard is a website only, so TTS is out of the question. However, might this change in the future?

There is a great app called Voice Dream reader on iOS that takes text from a variety of sources and can do TTS. I think I paid $9.99 for it and bought an Inova voice for $4.99. I love it. I use it to have custom study guides read to me, ePubs, PDFs, text documents and my Instapaper queue.

Re: Instapaper is joining Pinterest

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Post by x1798DE »

I got an email to this effect today. I don't remember signing up to get emails, though presumably it was years ago if I did. I unsubscribed and marked as spam, but why is this something that required emailing people about?

Re: Instapaper is joining Pinterest

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Post by mcgrath_sh »

joshuak wrote: post #110
bthdonohue wrote: post #96

Hi all, Brian from Instapaper here. There seem to be a number of comments expressing concerns about the acquisition, and I wanted to just jump in and offer to answer any questions you have about the acquisition. Based on the comments I've read below the main concerns seem to be that Instapaper will either be shutdown or materially changed in a way that effects the end-user experience. I can tell you that neither of t…

I use Instapaper daily to have the playlist read articles to me while I'm in transit. I love this, oddly exclusive, feature and would pay to see improvements in that direction. However, I do not care for Pinterest at all . I have created and later deleted several accounts just to give it a fair shake, but it doesn't hold a candle to Tumblr. Also the forced sign up is user antagonistic, and the source of much enmity f…

Have you heard of Voice Dream reader? I use it on iOS to have loads of content read to me, including my Instapaper/Pocket queues. I will type up 30 page study guides and study while driving. I use it to have books and articles read to me. I have found it to be invaluable for grad school.

https://appsto.re/us/kiXKD.i

Re: Instapaper is joining Pinterest

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Post by [deleted] »

joshuak wrote: post #110
bthdonohue wrote: post #96

Hi all, Brian from Instapaper here. There seem to be a number of comments expressing concerns about the acquisition, and I wanted to just jump in and offer to answer any questions you have about the acquisition. Based on the comments I've read below the main concerns seem to be that Instapaper will either be shutdown or materially changed in a way that effects the end-user experience. I can tell you that neither of t…

I use Instapaper daily to have the playlist read articles to me while I'm in transit. I love this, oddly exclusive, feature and would pay to see improvements in that direction. However, I do not care for Pinterest at all . I have created and later deleted several accounts just to give it a fair shake, but it doesn't hold a candle to Tumblr. Also the forced sign up is user antagonistic, and the source of much enmity f…

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Re: Instapaper is joining Pinterest

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Post by tedmiston »

amyjess wrote: post #93
fishtoaster wrote: post #31

> The Instapaper team will be moving from betaworks in New York City to Pinterest’s headquarters in San Francisco I wonder how the instapaper team feels about that (and/or how much say they had in it).

Are people who choose to not participate in the move denied unemployment? Because that would really suck if you're loyal to where you live. Company has a "successful" exit, but you effectively get let go and denied unemployment.

According to the CEO of Instapaper on Twitter today there are only 3 people.

> Pinboard ‏@Pinboard: I love the assumption that a small-scale bookmarking business has to lose money. Maybe don’t employ 32 people in a NYC office?

> Brian Donohue ‏@bthdonohue: @Pinboard there were three of us, Maciej. We weren't losing money.

https://twitter.com/bthdonohue/status/768196096451416064

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