So I recently wrote Doing what you can NOW post which is about productivity. And I see people have bookmarked it. This made me think. Do people actually read the posts they have bookmarked?
Because this is a very common productivity issue where people bookmark and never read. I myself have fought hard to solve this issue for me. I don't bookmark if it is not absolutely necessary anymore. It is like, I agree that this is a brilliant idea. So, I will read this later. And it never happens.
I always look at my posts being bookmarked as a not good enough writing metric depending on topics. I understand certain topics are more likely to be bookmarked. And certain combination like a heart/unicorn + bookmark means they have at least skimmed through the article. And I agree that there are valid reasons to bookmark. But I really want to know your thoughts.
So, Do you actually read your bookmarked posts?
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I bookmark some posts but for me, bookmarking is more of a cluttered store which I may hopefully check out someday
For posts I'm more interested in, I save the link on a Notion page which I access regularly.
What is stopping you from making an "interesting posts" folder in your browser bookmarks and using it? Notion seems to be an extra step. Just curious.
Yes, it's the extra step that makes it worth it. And makes me a bit more responsible.
Even if I have a folder, I'll still "easily" clutter with with many interesting posts.
OK. Got it. :)
Typically don't bookmark posts. At least not with the native dev.to functionality. I bookmark them from the browser or add them to different notes I've been taking on notion to know what I referenced them for.
A lot of the time... No. However, it's a great search engine for stuff I may need to read. I'll sort of have a notion in my mind that I need to catch back up with something that caught my attention and if I've bookmarked it, I have an easier time finding it.
I can relate to this. But majority of those posts are things I have to re-read or re-consume. Mostly not things I am yet to read. Obviously there is a small portion which I bookmark in the hope of being useful in the future. But I have been suppressing this as much as I can recently. I will anyways search for that particular information online when I eventually need it right?
Also, wouldn't a notion means more labour from your end to maintain? Cos using something like Firefox sync means you can use it in mobile and desktop. It is also accessible within your regular browsing without the need for another app. This removes the extra middle man Notion is becoming here. Just thinking out loud here. Thanks for sharing anyways. :)
I do the same. I used to have multiple places where I bookmark items as well. Browser's bookmark feature is better since it is centralised.
I did mean this feature. That is what triggered the thought. But it was also a general wonderment about whether you read your bookmarked articles as well.
Thanks for the reply. :)
I bookmark posts that I have read and think I might want to read again later--posts that have some kind of specific implementation steps that I'm going to want to have in front of me in order to use them.
Have I ever actually reopened a bookmark? Oh uh sorry I'm uh getting a phone call looksimportantgottatakethisonesorry
I feel you. The urge! :D
Yep, when I see something good which I might want to read later, I bookmark it.
Then when I'm bored I just casually scroll through my bookmarked posts and see if they're helpful.
Don't you go overboard with the bookmarking?
What do you mean?
As in bookmark so many posts and never read them I mean. Either way most of them looks like champions here. :)
I barely have any bookmarked posts lmao
Interesting. So how do deal with things that actually needs to be looked later? Like some performance tips/tutorials that you want to try out later cos you are in work. Or when you are going through web and see something but you don't have your laptop kind of situations.
Asking cos don't bookmark seems to be a hard rule. :)
Which browser do you use? I use Firefox and I can search for the approximate title and generally gets what I want. You are right that the search is not powerful. It has some issues and hiccups. But it works without much issues most of the time.
I do not use bookmark, because i use Pocket to bookmark post from different sites. I always have a few items on my reading list. And once in a year i 'archive' an interesting post after i had read to be able to find it later. But usually i never open my archived ones :D
yes I do! I pass my lazy time reading those