🤯 Information Overload

I’ve been rethinking my bookmarking and sharing habits. I consume a massive amount of content via RSS using Inoreader, often skimming 100-250 posts daily. This leads to an overwhelming reading list.

I’ve been using OpenVibe for quick shares and Buffer for automated posting, which works, but feels impersonal. Longer articles get starred for later review, resulting in a backlog of around 100 articles weekly. Instapaper is my go-to for long-form content, but even then, I struggle to keep up.

I’m trying to be more selective with what I send to Instapaper, reserving it for thought-provoking pieces. My free Buffer plan limits me to 10 queued articles, forcing me to be more discerning. I post around 20-30 articles weekly, which makes me question if I’m a person or just a link aggregator.

While I’m more selective than some, I want to avoid overwhelming my own followers. Feeds that post excessively feel like a chore, and I don’t want to create that experience for others.

📝 Blogging

To that end, I’m going to TRY and start writing up a blog entry of the things I find interesting each week, and then posting that to my social media accounts. This way I can be more deliberate about what I share, and hopefully make it easier for folks reading my stuff things that interest them.

• Worst case, it becomes a highlight reel of the things I find interesting, and I can look back on it in a few months and see what I was into at the time.
• Best case, it becomes a way for me to share my thoughts on the things I find interesting.

Yeah, I’ll still post timely stuff that’s neat like now now, but I really want to focus more on the slow insightful stuff, as I’m hoping it makes the whole info digestion process a bit easier for me, and hopefully for you too.

📚 Reading and Bookmarking

I use Mozilla Sync to manage my bookmarks, but it doesn’t really help with the reading aspect. I do like how it integrates and lets me do bulk actions.

I’ve also been testing out Raindrop.io, which is also pretty neat. But the integration just feels second rate compared to FF Sync.

If you’re not looking to use Mozilla Sync, then you might want to try [Floccus](https://floccus.org/) for doing cross browser bookmark syncing. It does work fairly well, but it does require a desktop to have all the bookmarks sync up, vs FF Sync, which is totally cloud based.

For reading long form, I prefer Instapaper due to its text reformating and features like reading progress tracking and highlighting. It also has Kindle sync, which I should utilize more.

However, I need a streamlined way to bulk bookmark, read, and share articles without service hassles. Currently, Mozilla Sync suits me for managing links to share later, while Buffer/OpenVibe handle immediate sharing.

graph TD
Start --> Neat_Link --Skim_Headline-->

Interesting? --YES--> Read_Moar
Interesting? --NO--> Start

Read_Moar --> Lots_of_text
Lots_of_text --yeah--> InstaPaper
Still_Relevent --Nope--> Archive_It
InstaPaper --> Still_Relevent --Yeah--> Buffer/OpenVibe

Lots_of_text --nope--> Time_Sensitive
Time_Sensitive --Yes--> Buffer
Time_Sensitive --Nope--> Bookmark_It


Bookmark_It --> Blog_Post
  

🤔 TL;DR

I have a lot of bookmarks, and I want to be more deliberate about what I read and share. I’m going to TRY to start writing up blog posts of the things I find interesting, and then posting that to my social media accounts.

• Worst case, you get a highlight reel / link dump of the things I find interesting
• Best case, it becomes a new way for me to share my thoughts on the things I find interesting.

🖖 Jelloeater

Social media comes and goes, but blog posts (in theory) last forever…ish <3