"Read it later!" (Google Reader, Twitter, Delicious) with RTM
tim.adler says:
Hey everybody,
I'm a heavy RSS and Twitter user, and also rely on RTM for my task management. Up until a few weeks ago I had the constant problem that I marked loads of articles in my Google Reader and on Twitter to "read later". During that time I had a recurring task on RTM that reminded my to "review marked articles" on both Services. Since this task popped up every 2 days, I pretty much ignored it and never really knew what I had read and what not.
--- Solution ---
Now I've changed my set-up: A little script now automatically creates a task in RTM for every article that I mark in Google Reader, favourize on Twitter or tag "-read" on Delicious.
--- How to ---
I've downloaded a little python script which sends you every new article on a RSS-feed as a single e-mail. You can find it here: http://rss2email.infogami.com/
I've modified lines 680ff. of the rss2email.py in order to send me an email that is formatted as described here: http://www.rememberthemilk.com/help/answers/sending/emailinbox.rtm
Of course I've configured my RTM-inbox email-address as the target.
Also I've added the RSS-feeds for my Twitter-favs, Delicious-items (tagges "-read") and my Google Reader-marked items as sources.
Then I've added a cronjob to execute the "r2e run"-command every five minutes.
This way, every single one of the "read later"-items gets added as a RTM-task, just nicely with the url to read in place. My "read later"-items never get out of hand and I just got more productive.
Hope this is an idea that you guys can use, even if it is somewhat complicated.
Cheers, Tim
BTW: I really think that importing task via RSS is something that RTM should add as a default import channel!
I'm a heavy RSS and Twitter user, and also rely on RTM for my task management. Up until a few weeks ago I had the constant problem that I marked loads of articles in my Google Reader and on Twitter to "read later". During that time I had a recurring task on RTM that reminded my to "review marked articles" on both Services. Since this task popped up every 2 days, I pretty much ignored it and never really knew what I had read and what not.
--- Solution ---
Now I've changed my set-up: A little script now automatically creates a task in RTM for every article that I mark in Google Reader, favourize on Twitter or tag "-read" on Delicious.
--- How to ---
I've downloaded a little python script which sends you every new article on a RSS-feed as a single e-mail. You can find it here: http://rss2email.infogami.com/
I've modified lines 680ff. of the rss2email.py in order to send me an email that is formatted as described here: http://www.rememberthemilk.com/help/answers/sending/emailinbox.rtm
Of course I've configured my RTM-inbox email-address as the target.
Also I've added the RSS-feeds for my Twitter-favs, Delicious-items (tagges "-read") and my Google Reader-marked items as sources.
Then I've added a cronjob to execute the "r2e run"-command every five minutes.
This way, every single one of the "read later"-items gets added as a RTM-task, just nicely with the url to read in place. My "read later"-items never get out of hand and I just got more productive.
Hope this is an idea that you guys can use, even if it is somewhat complicated.
Cheers, Tim
BTW: I really think that importing task via RSS is something that RTM should add as a default import channel!
mostafa.hajizadeh says:
Great trick! I have the same condition and it could be a really helpful to me.
alerque says:
What about a bookmarklet or extention similar to ones for the instapaper or read-it-later services that just take the current reader item or page url and turn it into a task in one click?
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