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I like the idea of bookmarking services, but I've never used one due to the fact that I always have enough to do at any given moment. I've never had a moment wh
by mojoe 11y ago
I like the idea of bookmarking services, but I've never used one due to the fact that I always have enough to do at any given moment. I've never had a moment where I thought "OK, now I have time to get to those articles I bookmarked". If I used such a service I would quickly build up an impossibly large backlog of learning and reading material.
That being said, I can definitely see the value of knowing what people intend to do if they only had the time, money, etc.
Maybe I'll wish I had used a bookmarking service if I live long enough to have my brain uploaded into a computer!
- austinjp 11y agoI've found that bookmarking helps relieve my insatiable appetite to Read All The Things. I used to add CDs to an Amazon wishlist to give myself a "cooling off" period before purchasing. This was before decent legal streaming services. It cut my music spending significantly. I've noticed that I very rarely read articles I bookmarked for later reading. But the subsiding of my compulsion to read them is relieving, so i consider it a benefit. This off-loading of tasks from (neural) memory to (electronic) notes is equivalently beneficial in other situations. Anyone who finds minor anxieties and tasks keeping them awake at night: write them down. It can help you switch off and sleep.
- icebraining 11y agoI use bookmarks for the opposite reason: it's for stuff I've read that I might need to lookup later (a new tool to try out, a reference guide, an interesting article to share, etc). For the read-it-later pages, I just keep open tabs (which Firefox syncs across my devices). That said, I don't use a separate service, just the browser bookmarks.