RTM as a "read me later" bookmark editor
jenmcl says:
I have only just started to use RTM, but the thing I love best about it so far is the ease and simplicity of creating a task.
Many task management systems require you to add a lot of details about your task and make the due date/start date fields automatically mandatory. This annoys me because most of the time I want to jot a quick note down to say "I recognise something needs to be done and I need to remember to do it but I can't do it right now." These type of tasks also don't usually need a long explanation that sometimes will take longer to write than the task would to do....so RTM has got their interface spot on with regards to creating quick tasks in my opinion!
This got me to thinking about one thing that I am currently useless at doing and that is bookmarking pages. I find lots of very interesting articles on the WWW and am a great one for starting to read them and then becoming easily distracted with another task, someone asking me a question or another even more interesting article linked to from the one I was reading!
I could open up new tabs for all these interesting articles and sites, but I generally already have a lot of tabs open in a variety of browsers and this would become very overwhelming!
I could also just do the obvious and create a bookmark on my browser or by using a site who does offers this. However, i have never particularly got on well with bookmark sites. mainly because I get annoyed with their user interfaces and have never found one that is simple enough to suit me without having to think, which I believe is the main aim that a site like that should offer their visitors! using the browser bookmarks is something I do, but the reason it doesn't work for "read me later" articles is because I won't remember whether they have been read so they will sit there clogging up my bookmarks which I would rather use for sites that I am going to be visiting on a regular basis.
This is where RTM comes in! My tip works in much the same way as the last forum user tip that was posted about creating Spotify lists described helpfully that you could drag a song into the RTM text box to save it for listening to later.
I am finding it useful to do the same thing with an "read me later" article by simply pasting the URL into RTM, tagging it if I need to and then the real beauty of RTM......completing the 'task' once I have finished reading at a more convenient time! I will also be using the sharing feature for these "read me later" articles once I have got my colleagues to sign up to RTM!
Many task management systems require you to add a lot of details about your task and make the due date/start date fields automatically mandatory. This annoys me because most of the time I want to jot a quick note down to say "I recognise something needs to be done and I need to remember to do it but I can't do it right now." These type of tasks also don't usually need a long explanation that sometimes will take longer to write than the task would to do....so RTM has got their interface spot on with regards to creating quick tasks in my opinion!
This got me to thinking about one thing that I am currently useless at doing and that is bookmarking pages. I find lots of very interesting articles on the WWW and am a great one for starting to read them and then becoming easily distracted with another task, someone asking me a question or another even more interesting article linked to from the one I was reading!
I could open up new tabs for all these interesting articles and sites, but I generally already have a lot of tabs open in a variety of browsers and this would become very overwhelming!
I could also just do the obvious and create a bookmark on my browser or by using a site who does offers this. However, i have never particularly got on well with bookmark sites. mainly because I get annoyed with their user interfaces and have never found one that is simple enough to suit me without having to think, which I believe is the main aim that a site like that should offer their visitors! using the browser bookmarks is something I do, but the reason it doesn't work for "read me later" articles is because I won't remember whether they have been read so they will sit there clogging up my bookmarks which I would rather use for sites that I am going to be visiting on a regular basis.
This is where RTM comes in! My tip works in much the same way as the last forum user tip that was posted about creating Spotify lists described helpfully that you could drag a song into the RTM text box to save it for listening to later.
I am finding it useful to do the same thing with an "read me later" article by simply pasting the URL into RTM, tagging it if I need to and then the real beauty of RTM......completing the 'task' once I have finished reading at a more convenient time! I will also be using the sharing feature for these "read me later" articles once I have got my colleagues to sign up to RTM!
You could add a bookmarklet with the following code:
java_script:(function(){h='m.rememberthemilk.com';p='/add';if(window.getSelection){t=window.getSelection();}else%20if(document.getSelection){t=document.getSelection();}else%20if(document.selection){t=document.selection.createRange().text;};cp='http://'+h+p+'?name='+((null==t||t==""||t==undefined)?encodeURIComponent(document.title):t)+'&url='+encodeURIComponent(location.href);w=window.open(cp,'addwindow','status=no,toolbar=no,width=250,height=560,resizable=yes');setTimeout(function(){w.focus();},500);})();
(remove the _ in java_script)
That way you only have to click this bookmarklet to add a task in RTM.
The very first time and once in a while you have to log in to RTM, this uses the mobile website.
java_script:(function(){h='m.rememberthemilk.com';p='/add';if(window.getSelection){t=window.getSelection();}else%20if(document.getSelection){t=document.getSelection();}else%20if(document.selection){t=document.selection.createRange().text;};cp='http://'+h+p+'?name='+((null==t||t==""||t==undefined)?encodeURIComponent(document.title):t)+'&url='+encodeURIComponent(location.href);w=window.open(cp,'addwindow','status=no,toolbar=no,width=250,height=560,resizable=yes');setTimeout(function(){w.focus();},500);})();
(remove the _ in java_script)
That way you only have to click this bookmarklet to add a task in RTM.
The very first time and once in a while you have to log in to RTM, this uses the mobile website.
cnuland says:
I use a Firefox add-on that does basically the same thing. It's called Read It Later (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7661). It keeps the links separate from your regular bookmarks as one-time reads only. You can have an online account to sync, but I just use it locally.
The great part is that I can right-click over a link and tell it to Read It Later without having to go to another window or tab. It automatically adds to the list. When you read a link in Read It Later, it automatically drops off the list once the page loads.
The great part is that I can right-click over a link and tell it to Read It Later without having to go to another window or tab. It automatically adds to the list. When you read a link in Read It Later, it automatically drops off the list once the page loads.
philipbowman says:
While RTM might be good for this, it's also worth checking out Instapaper, especially if you want to read the links on a mobile device (iPhone etc), because it strips out the content and formats it for easy reading on a small screen.
a.elhusseini says:
+1 for Read it Later , the "other" RTM for websites/books/ and articles :D
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