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I use RSS to distribute my web highlights[1] on specific topics and even my Kindle highights[2] for longer series. It's also nice and easy to reuse these feeds

by bsnnkv 3y ago

I use RSS to distribute my web highlights[1] on specific topics and even my Kindle highights[2] for longer series. It's also nice and easy to reuse these feeds on my website homepage to give a dynamic feel to a static website. Ultimately I had to get with the times a bit and find a way to share my highlights as photos[3] and videos, especially on modern text-hostile social media platforms, but I have a soft spot in my heart for the topic-specific RSS highlight feed, and it's one of my proudest achievements. [1]: https://notado.app/feeds/jado/software-development https://notado.app/feeds/jado/software-development [2]: https://notado.app/feeds/jado/terra-ignota https://notado.app/feeds/jado/terra-ignota [3]: https://lgug2z.com/articles/using-rust-chrome-and-nixos-to-take-headless-screenshots-for-social-sharing/ https://lgug2z.com/articles/using-rust-chrome-and-nixos-to-t...

walterbell 3y ago
Nice work! Do you save web highlights with a browser plugin?
- bsnnkv 3y ago
  These days I mostly read and save on mobile with the Notado iOS shortcuts, but of course everything works pretty much the same way with the browser extension too. All websites/apps that I read comments on (HN, Reddit, Mastodon, Twitter, Lemmy, Tildes, Lobsters, YouTube) have a "Save Comment to Notado" action when sharing permalinks which makes saving interesting comments a breeze. When I'm reading something in Safari, I just highlight the text I want to save with my finger and then use the browser share button (not the text share button) to hit the "Save Selection to Notado" action. If you check back in my comment history here I've written before about how I'm a big believer in RINORIN (read it now or read it never), and for this reason I completely eschew read it later-style reader apps. If it's not immediately interesting enough for me to read when I see it, I just let it ago, trusting that if it's important enough, I'll be exposed to it again sooner or later, and at that point it'll be interesting enough for me to read it when I see it.

by bsnnkv 3y ago

walterbell 3y ago

Nice work! Do you save web highlights with a browser plugin?

bsnnkv 3y ago
These days I mostly read and save on mobile with the Notado iOS shortcuts, but of course everything works pretty much the same way with the browser extension too. All websites/apps that I read comments on (HN, Reddit, Mastodon, Twitter, Lemmy, Tildes, Lobsters, YouTube) have a "Save Comment to Notado" action when sharing permalinks which makes saving interesting comments a breeze. When I'm reading something in Safari, I just highlight the text I want to save with my finger and then use the browser share button (not the text share button) to hit the "Save Selection to Notado" action. If you check back in my comment history here I've written before about how I'm a big believer in RINORIN (read it now or read it never), and for this reason I completely eschew read it later-style reader apps. If it's not immediately interesting enough for me to read when I see it, I just let it ago, trusting that if it's important enough, I'll be exposed to it again sooner or later, and at that point it'll be interesting enough for me to read it when I see it.