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just out of curiosity - have You read them all? Or is it a general archive of "interesting idea, could come in handy"?

aa-jv 4y ago
I have read them all. And I often go looking for articles in the archive. Its really quite handy to have every single interesting thing I've ever read, accessible this way. I suggest you try it out for a year and see for yourself!
- nickstinemates 4y ago
  Do you print to pdf this interaction or is it not an archive of interaction but more an archive of articles? I am assuming the latter because the former would be too hard.
  - aa-jv 4y ago
    I don't understand how one would print to pdf an interaction? If I read something, and it holds my interest for 2 minutes or so, I print the article to PDF for archival purposes. I've done this now for 20+ years and have a huge history of things that have interested me over the years. Its extraordinary to see the change in the web, even in just the last 5 years, in terms of click-bait techniques and content.
    - nickstinemates 4y ago
      A lot of what I read, particularly on sites like HN and Reddit, are the comments section, which are usually more valuable than the article itself and where I have the most outsized reactions/learning/engagement. So I was thinking aloud/asking if preserving this type of content is a) worthwhile, b) straightforward
- MezzoDelCammin 4y ago
  My personal flow is that whatever looks like an interesting article but is longer than a 2-3min read goes to Pocket. From there I try to read and save whatever interesting bits in Joplin (it's pretty rare that I'd find a whole article so inspiring that I'd like to keep the whole text). Downside of this is that I'm probably at around 30% rate of what I can treat this way (the highlighting / clipping is a bit more time intensive than I'd like and needs to be done at a PC, while for reading I prefer a Kobo e-reader). Upside is that in Joplin I can keep track of no matter what text, including the discussions on HN / elsewhere.

I have read them all. And I often go looking for articles in the archive. Its really quite handy to have every single interesting thing I've ever read, accessible this way. I suggest you try it out for a year and see for yourself!

nickstinemates 4y ago
Do you print to pdf this interaction or is it not an archive of interaction but more an archive of articles? I am assuming the latter because the former would be too hard.
- aa-jv 4y ago
  I don't understand how one would print to pdf an interaction? If I read something, and it holds my interest for 2 minutes or so, I print the article to PDF for archival purposes. I've done this now for 20+ years and have a huge history of things that have interested me over the years. Its extraordinary to see the change in the web, even in just the last 5 years, in terms of click-bait techniques and content.
  - nickstinemates 4y ago
    A lot of what I read, particularly on sites like HN and Reddit, are the comments section, which are usually more valuable than the article itself and where I have the most outsized reactions/learning/engagement. So I was thinking aloud/asking if preserving this type of content is a) worthwhile, b) straightforward
MezzoDelCammin 4y ago
My personal flow is that whatever looks like an interesting article but is longer than a 2-3min read goes to Pocket. From there I try to read and save whatever interesting bits in Joplin (it's pretty rare that I'd find a whole article so inspiring that I'd like to keep the whole text). Downside of this is that I'm probably at around 30% rate of what I can treat this way (the highlighting / clipping is a bit more time intensive than I'd like and needs to be done at a PC, while for reading I prefer a Kobo e-reader). Upside is that in Joplin I can keep track of no matter what text, including the discussions on HN / elsewhere.