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Reader's Digest abridged blogs? no thanks....
by jason_s 11y ago
Reader's Digest abridged blogs? no thanks....
- mirkin 11y agoHi! What if one just don't have enough time to read articles until the end? I'd like to browse briefs and quickly load my brain with only key info if they can manage to make it 5-10x shorter than the original text.
- jason_s 11y agoIf it's your job to stay current, and read hundreds and hundreds of articles to see what is relevant, then yes, I could see a tool for managing "information overload" being useful. My tool for managing "information overload" is to be more picky about what I choose to read in the first place (HN and Reddit definitely help), and to deal with the fact that I can't read everything. I'd rather read 20 articles in full than read 200 articles in soundbite form. My brain isn't going to retain the information anyway, so I can only hold onto the coherent stuff. I'm still waiting for a good e-reader with enough resolution and update speed to facilitate rapid scanning. Paper is amazingly fast to read; I can scan through a newspaper much much faster than the equivalent electronic form.