| > Many of the things I added I lost interest in because too much time passed, That is great. Fewer things that you need to pay attention to. In fact, this kind of attrition is a great way to reduce the burden. You only want to invest your effort in those things whose value to you are not ephemeral. Check out "It's not what you read, it's what you ignore" by Scott Hanselman https://www.hanselman.com/blog/ItsNotWhatYouReadItsWhatYouIg... > How do you decide what is worth reading deeper into, spending more time on, etc? That really depends on your goals, the topic, your background, etc. > Do you record them somewhere? A diary? A mind map? [...] When I take notes I struggle to organize them and make them easily searchable for posteriority. I tend to take lots of notes in Markdown files. Recently I've been playing around with Org mode in Emacs with the "Deft" interface. It's full-text fast incremental search is fantastic. > What sources do you use to learn new things and keep track of the novelties in your field? At some point (as a grad student) I used to subscribe to a couple of relevant arXiv categories, to skim through ~50 titles/abstracts every day. But see my link to Scott Hanselman's post above. Also, to quote Sturgeon's law, 90% of everything is crap. And, (as Knuth says) I would rather get to the bottom of things than stay on top of things. So, I consider it more important to invest time/effort into understanding thigns in depth, rather than following every little gust of wind. The questions are too broad, so it's difficult to give a useful answer. Feel free to reach out to me via the email listen in my profile if you would like to discuss this more specifically. > When I have time I try to consume some of the stuff I save. Yet it feels like I'm not making any good use of the information I'm putting into my brain. I think "consumption" is the wrong thing to aim for. |