I've been using Pocket for free since 2011: getpocket.com It's not great or perfect but it's good enough for "to read later" and keeping a running "grimoire"
I've tried other methods: chrome bookmarks, evernote, plain-text, etc but nothing provides:
1. Ubiquity with just one login
With Pocket, everywhere I browse I can add to pocket, including at work. I don't want to ever use my Google login at work b/c I don't want my work Chrome bookmarks (which are basically work-internal websites) to conflict with my personal ones.
Pocket is available on my phone, iPad, browser, and work browser quickly and easily.
2. Has tags.
I stick with about one tag per item. I don't need it to be fully tagged out, but just a general one. Typically by programming language or topic.
One special tag is "someday" which is how I get very long items (like online books) out of my short "To Read" queue.
3. exports
I haven't needed it but it's nice to know that I can easily export my bookmarks, with tags, to html. From there I can convert to something else if I want.
I've tried GTD and other "universal" systems and my current system is a bit of a mess (mostly because of the work-life dichotomy), but at least my "save to read later" flow is simple:
1. Go to hacker news
2. send to pocket
3. when I've got time, scroll through my to-read and pick one that packs into the amount of time I have
You could build this into the command script that's currently the top post, I wrote a program for universal file-system supported tags: https://finnoleary.net/koios-tutorial.html
I've tried other methods: chrome bookmarks, evernote, plain-text, etc but nothing provides:
1. Ubiquity with just one login
With Pocket, everywhere I browse I can add to pocket, including at work. I don't want to ever use my Google login at work b/c I don't want my work Chrome bookmarks (which are basically work-internal websites) to conflict with my personal ones.
Pocket is available on my phone, iPad, browser, and work browser quickly and easily.
2. Has tags.
I stick with about one tag per item. I don't need it to be fully tagged out, but just a general one. Typically by programming language or topic.
One special tag is "someday" which is how I get very long items (like online books) out of my short "To Read" queue.
3. exports
I haven't needed it but it's nice to know that I can easily export my bookmarks, with tags, to html. From there I can convert to something else if I want.
I've tried GTD and other "universal" systems and my current system is a bit of a mess (mostly because of the work-life dichotomy), but at least my "save to read later" flow is simple:
1. Go to hacker news 2. send to pocket 3. when I've got time, scroll through my to-read and pick one that packs into the amount of time I have
It does one thing and does it well enough for me.