< Was hypertext a mistake?

Parent

~analog

I find bookmarks worse than tabs. Bookmarks are where things go to die and take up space. My current working theory is unless they are just links to sites you use everyday for work or whatnot, instead of bookmarking a site, do something with it, for example write a journal entry about the information on the site, or start writing a program and just link the site in the comments of the code if you need it for reference.

Bookmarks are a way for your brain to lie to you saying "ya, i'll get to that later, I promise."

Write a reply

Replies

~tlf wrote (thread):

These days my tabs arent usually coding related. A journal is a good idea, but personally I'm terrible at retrieval afterwards. I havé notebooks that get ignored, possibly due to an overdeveloped web-search reflex. So maybe it would be good to develop a new habit.

I can live with bookmarks hoarding since I don't browse those anyway. but they do pop up as suggestions when I begin typing something relevant in the url bar, which is helpful.

~2pie wrote (thread):

I like this idea of taking notes while browsing and putting the links directly in the notes. It might help keeping focus and avoid zombie-browsing.