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>if I even remembered I'd bookmarked something in the first place I had recently participated in a discussion on the problem of forgetting bookmarks[1]. Copyi
by Abishek_Muthian 7y ago
>if I even remembered I'd bookmarked something in the first place
I had recently participated in a discussion on the problem of forgetting bookmarks[1].
Copying my workflow from there,
1. If the entire content should be easily viewed, then store via pocket extension.
2. If a partial content should be easily viewed i.e. some snippet with link to entire source, then store in notes (Apple).
3. If the content seem useful in the future, but it is okay to forget it; then I store it in the browser bookmarks.
But, my workflow doesn't address the problem raised by Mr. Jeff Huang; if Pocket app or notes disappear so goes my archives. I think self hosted archive as mentioned by the parent is the way to go, but I don't think it's a seamless solution to a common web browser user.
[1]https://needgap.com/problems/57-i-forget-my-web-bookmarks-quite-often.-internet-organizing https://needgap.com/problems/57-i-forget-my-web-bookmarks-qu...
- iudqnolq 7y agoMy solution for a small subset of the forgetting problem: I frequently see something and want to try it out the next time I want to do something else. So I emulate User Agent strings and append lots of "like [common thing I search for a lot]" to the bookmark. When I start typing into the search bar for those other things I'll be reminded of the bookmark. For example, since file.io is semi-deprecated I decided to try out 0x0.st . But I kept forgetting when I actually needed to transfer a file, so I made a bookmark titled "0x0.st Like file io". As a side note, I have a similar bash function called mean2use that I use to define aliases that wrap a command and ask me if I'd like to do it another way instead or if I'm sure I want to use the command. I've found this is a nice way to retrain my habits.
- Abishek_Muthian 7y agoThat was useful, can you add this to the original needgap thread I linked? Disclaimer: needgap is a problem validation platform I built.