From 7d21c368f8614ad7d6130f9b14f2377dcbaea9f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guilherme Ananias Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 01:50:32 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] feat(blog): add new blog post --- ...ks-lists-and-the-habit-of-reading-later.md | 76 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 76 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/content/blog/2024-09-25T22:24:04.178Z-on-bookmarks-lists-and-the-habit-of-reading-later.md diff --git a/src/content/blog/2024-09-25T22:24:04.178Z-on-bookmarks-lists-and-the-habit-of-reading-later.md b/src/content/blog/2024-09-25T22:24:04.178Z-on-bookmarks-lists-and-the-habit-of-reading-later.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4d5dd2b --- /dev/null +++ b/src/content/blog/2024-09-25T22:24:04.178Z-on-bookmarks-lists-and-the-habit-of-reading-later.md @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ +--- +slug: "on-bookmarks-lists-and-the-habit-of-reading-later" +title: "On Bookmarks, Lists and the Habit of Reading Later" +pubDate: 2024-09-25T22:24:04.178Z +draft: true +tags: + - thoughts +--- + +Bookmarks are underrated features. It's a good way to help you having a track +not of what you need to read, but also what you need to do. Further that, your +bookmarks can be a way to structure of your reading and your knowledge, for future +reference, as Josh Leeb talked about [here](https://joshleeb.com/posts/organizing-bookmarks.html). + +## About the organization of my bookmarks + +Inspired by a friend of mine, since January 2024 I started having a "reading list" +of my bookmarks. As commented on [RSS and why I love it](https://noghartt.dev/blog/rss-and-why-i-love-it), +I have a RSS feed that I use to read a lot of things during the day. But, one thing +that I missed was the ability to have a list of things that should store: what I +already read and what I need to read (in the future, that kind of list that always +increases). + +So, as you can see on my [bookmarks page](https://noghartt.dev/bookmarks), I have +a list containing all the content that I have consumed since January 2024, not just +articles, but also videos, podcasts, etc. I have [another page](https://noghartt.dev/bookmarks/tags) +to see them grouped by their tags, so I can easily find a specific bookmark given +the tag I want. + +### How do I store my bookmarks? + +The tool that I use to manage my bookmarks is [Omnivore](https://omnivore.app/), +an open source bookmark manager and "read-it later" app. For my use case, it's a +great tool, I have their extension for browser installed that I use to store the +tab that I'm seeing. + +Also, I'm using their mobile app, which let me read all the bookmarks that I have. +In that case, I'm using it most for reading my "read-it later" articles while on +gym, for example. + +## About the list of my bookmarks + +As mentioned before, further the list on Omnivore, I have a list of my bookmarks +inside this blog. In that, I have two specific ways to organize them: grouped by +month and grouped by tags. + +Most of the time, I'm using it based on tags because I think that it's how my brain +works, so it's faster to remember what I exactly want. For example, if I want to +read something that I didn't read yet, I can just go to the tag `#for-later`. If +I want to recover something related to a computer science topic, I can go to the +tag `#cs` or one of their specific subtags like `#cs/distsys`. + +Specifically about tags, mentioning again Josh Leeb, he wrote a post about +[Scopped Tagging Bookmarks](https://joshleeb.com/posts/scoped-tagging.html). where +he tries some approaches and explain some of the problems and present some approaches +for it. + +In my case, I have a kind of implementation of what he mentioned as HNT (Hierachircal +Namespaced Tagging), so on Omnivore and, you can see here at my blog, I did a hierarchical +structure for my tags. But, I think that it's a process that can be error prone +sometimes, like when you need to be a more specific tag or a less specific, or when +you didn't find a specific tag that matches your needs for some bookmark. + +## About the habit of reading later + +Then, as mentioned before, one of my specific tags that I use (and I believe that +is one of the most used by myself), is `#for-later`. Specifically this tag, I use +to store every bookmark that I didn't read yet but I think that it's interesting. + +I don't like the idea of storing "read-it later" articles at all, seems to be more +a product of a FOMO than a real interest, but it's something that I still maintaining +just as a "habit". + +Also, I think that it's a trade-off that you need to deal with, your list of read-it +later articles will be growing over time, and you will need to choose and validate +if that content really will be interesting for you in the future.