Archive tagged Read It Later articles in Pinboard

After trialling a number of reading applications, I’ve come to the conclusion that Read It Later (now Pocket) is also the best way to Keep Articles For Later—for future reference, that is

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For the past year I’ve been collecting and reading long-form articles using Instapaper, Read It Later and Readability, with my reading interests divided between the three.

Then I read a tweet by Mandy Brown that begged a question and changed everything.

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Pinboard: social bookmarking for introverts

Think slimmer, faster Delicious without the shiny bits

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Of the dozens of apps I’ve bought or signed-up for over the past 12 months, I have a feeling Pinboard is going to stick around for some time.

It works like Delicious, because it’s based on the Delicious API. It just doesn’t look like Delicious. Pinboard is reminiscent of ‘earlyweb’ pages, but with better typography. Advertising, annoying pop-ups and that ever-present pressure to feel you have to interact with others are all absent. You can interact with other users if you want to, but on your terms.

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