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For the longest time I used to "email to self" interesting stories for reading (through the comments) later. Then I created tinygem.org [1] to automate this pr

For the longest time I used to "email to self" interesting stories for reading (through the comments) later. Then I created tinygem.org [1] to automate this process with a browser bookmarklet. Now I had a place to send stories I want to read later. Finally I added auto-discovery based on my saved links, because a lot of interesting content gets lost in HN New, Reddit and other places that I simply do not have time to check daily. [1] https://tinygem.org https://tinygem.org

dr_kiszonka 5y ago
This looks pretty sweet! I like the "listen" feature a lot. I would use your tool, if you had a super simple mobile app that would pop-up as one of the "share to" options in other apps. For example, I am on Android and whenever I come across a useful link or story, e.g., in a HN app (I use Hews), I tap "share" and select Pushbullet from a list, which saves the links in my Pushbullet account. If Tinygem was one of the options, I can absolutely see myself using it, because Pushbullet is pretty clunky for "knowledge assimilation" (no search, tags, etc.).
- nefitty 5y ago
  I use iOS shortcuts to add custom things to my share menu. For example, I have one to search meta.org, one to create a to do, etc. The cool thing is that it even works on selected text. I couldn't check to see the feasibility of doing the same with tinygem because the registration page is broken.
  - freediver 5y ago
    I also use iOS shortcuts for TinyGem. How is the registration page broken?
    - nefitty 5y ago
      On iOS Chrome, the registration page gives me a "Can't open this page" error. It's like when you run out of memory, but it's the only page affected.
      - freediver 5y ago
        Wasn't able to reproduce it with the same setup, thanks for reporting.
- freediver 5y ago
  You can use a TinyGem bookmarklet from your mobile browser?
  - forgotmypw17 5y ago
    You can do it on Safari iOS, or used to be. You can't add it directly, but you can take an existing bookmark and change its URL to the javascript: link.
Abishek_Muthian 5y ago
tinygem is neat! There have been couple of bookmark proponents in this thread and your tool might add more value to them. Do you have any stats on how many re-visit their saved bookmarks and in what ratio i.e. saved:retrieved? I ask this because an acquaintance of mine wanted to build a reddit saved posts manager and I was like 'no-one visits the reddit saved posts again' (or) at-least to an extent where building a platform for it matters; I went on to create a poll on reddit meta subreddit to prove my point. I was proven wrong as a need-gap for 'Search and organize saved reddit posts/comments'[1] was posted on my problem validation platform with solutions to address the same. Around 2500 people have come to that thread by searching for a solution that problem. [1] https://needgap.com/problems/241-comments-reddit-search https://needgap.com/problems/241-comments-reddit-search
- freediver 5y ago
  The purpose of TinyGem is to 'save to read later' so saved:retrieved ratio should be close 1.0 (in reality about .8).

dr_kiszonka 5y ago

This looks pretty sweet! I like the "listen" feature a lot. I would use your tool, if you had a super simple mobile app that would pop-up as one of the "share to" options in other apps. For example, I am on Android and whenever I come across a useful link or story, e.g., in a HN app (I use Hews), I tap "share" and select Pushbullet from a list, which saves the links in my Pushbullet account. If Tinygem was one of the options, I can absolutely see myself using it, because Pushbullet is pretty clunky for "knowledge assimilation" (no search, tags, etc.).

nefitty 5y ago
I use iOS shortcuts to add custom things to my share menu. For example, I have one to search meta.org, one to create a to do, etc. The cool thing is that it even works on selected text. I couldn't check to see the feasibility of doing the same with tinygem because the registration page is broken.
- freediver 5y ago
  I also use iOS shortcuts for TinyGem. How is the registration page broken?
  - nefitty 5y ago
    On iOS Chrome, the registration page gives me a "Can't open this page" error. It's like when you run out of memory, but it's the only page affected.
    - freediver 5y ago
      Wasn't able to reproduce it with the same setup, thanks for reporting.
freediver 5y ago
You can use a TinyGem bookmarklet from your mobile browser?
- forgotmypw17 5y ago
  You can do it on Safari iOS, or used to be. You can't add it directly, but you can take an existing bookmark and change its URL to the javascript: link.

Abishek_Muthian 5y ago

tinygem is neat! There have been couple of bookmark proponents in this thread and your tool might add more value to them. Do you have any stats on how many re-visit their saved bookmarks and in what ratio i.e. saved:retrieved? I ask this because an acquaintance of mine wanted to build a reddit saved posts manager and I was like 'no-one visits the reddit saved posts again' (or) at-least to an extent where building a platform for it matters; I went on to create a poll on reddit meta subreddit to prove my point. I was proven wrong as a need-gap for 'Search and organize saved reddit posts/comments'[1] was posted on my problem validation platform with solutions to address the same. Around 2500 people have come to that thread by searching for a solution that problem. [1] https://needgap.com/problems/241-comments-reddit-search https://needgap.com/problems/241-comments-reddit-search

freediver 5y ago
The purpose of TinyGem is to 'save to read later' so saved:retrieved ratio should be close 1.0 (in reality about .8).