| I try. I have a somewhat working method figured out organically over last 10-12 years: - I have 2 browser windows full of tabs. One window contains tabs relevant to my current projects or activities. The other has tabs that are not so, but seem interesting enough to triage. - I try to clear off the tabs by bookmarking them with relevant tags (I love Firefox for this). Initially, before tags, I had a huge bookmarks hierarchy that I have backed up somewhere, but tags it is now. I try to keep the tags simply single words, covering all keywords (in combinations) I would be looking them up with desperately. - In case I still feel inclined to read after bookmarking because it seems relevant, I move it to the first window. I know I will read it there based on its priority wrt other tabs there. Else, I close the tab, feeling assured I can find it in my bookmarks when needed. - Once read, if I feel inclined to read more on the site, I add its rss feed to my reader. I use Feedbro Firefox extention on the desktop as well as an android app called spaRSS, keeping the same feeds on both via OPML export/import. Plus I may have clicked on many more pages on the site impulsively - need to process them too. - I try to minimize social network feeds, preferring links/forwards from one-to-one chats where I know the person at the other end. Additionally, limit the time for Linkedin scrolling to bare minimum, just enough to distract myself. Almost zero Facebook and yet to open an Instagram account! - Set time aside for deep-dives. They are planned and somewhat old-school with a pen and paper! I try to port to notes to my soft-notebook (scattered everywhere, slowly migrating to self-hosted Joplin). I prefer books if I can find them as they are highly condensed. Despite above, its a slow and uphill process. Need to keep reminding myself to read less news :-) |
Mine is slightly different. I use two separate browsers, one (firefox) for project/hobby focus and the other (chrome) for anything not related to project/hobby. I'm using different twitter, youtube, gmail, reddit, etc. accounts for each browser so I can still have the benefits from cookies.
Example: Using separate youtube accounts keeps programming recommendations separate from 3D modeling recommendations.
My firefox bookmark hierarchy became too large so I now throw it in a huge text file and custom tag them with metadata (I'm faster with my editor). I'll also be dumping any firefox bookmarks into a one/two level hierarchy and rely entirely on tags and the search bar, and my big text file of bookmarks.
I too use pen and paper and port them to my digital notebook. I make sure the notes are properly time stamped and contains enough information to keyword search.
Example: 2021-06-26_Blender_BlenderGuru_01.md
I use drawing programs to draw out any ideas. Some benefits are resizable canvas (if I ran out of space on paper I couldn't just resize it) and layers to organize and modify. I'm using clip studio paint because I also draw, but any drawing program like Krita would suffice.
One thing I learned was to keep information individually identifiable at all cost. I'll try to shove as much information in one line like filename or text line to maximize my search potential.