How do you catalog the information you read?

Xenkok2012-09-14 16:04:15

Cataloging

Xenkok, 2012-09-14 16:04:15

I have long been worried that I read a lot, but I remember very little. Therefore, I recently asked this question on Habré. In response, I expected some crazy practices that I knew nothing about. But everything turned out to be more pragmatic: to make notes and catalog (although they offered to eat pills here ). Obviously, you can't remember everything.
I used to read paper books and bookmark articles in my browser for articles I liked, and that suited me. Bookmarks became more and they differed from each other in different browsers. Then Google Bookmarks came to the rescue. Later, after switching to Google Chrome, I started using the YAGBE plugin and bookmarks became at my fingertips on different devices. But over time, the links in the bookmarks became invalid and some information began to be lost. Yes, you can probably get these articles from Google cache, but I was restless from this. I started duplicating all the articles to my Dropbox account (although I've given up on that now and still use Google Bookmarks). The books were on the shelf.
Later I decided to buy a Kindle Touch. It turned out to be very convenient that you can create a mailbox on Amazon, send books to it, it will convert them and, with Wi-fi turned on, upload them to my Kindle. Also, by the way, there were services for saving articles and their plugins for sending these articles in 1 click to my reader. I tried different services, I liked klip.me the most.
Unfortunately, there are things that do not suit me (perhaps there are solutions, but I do not know about them). There is no way to create collections, except inside the Kindle, neither in klip.me nor on the Amazon website can they be synchronized in any way, the same with notes. The search works in English, but not in Russian (if you install Russian, will it work?). Lack of code formatting, ugly pdf and pictures, non-working video. It takes a long time to enter a note of two sentences.
But now I have settled on the Kindle, in which I leave notes and Google Bookmarks, where I save articles with video and code.
A friend recently bought a Google Nexus, a great tablet. Excellent display of articles. Probably, you can read books in the format * .mobi, * .fb2 on it. I tried to put Readability on it, klip.me, but there are no collections and notes there either. Perhaps someone knows an excellent software for Android to create their own library?
I would like to know what practices you use to create a personal library. What software, cataloging tools, reading devices. Everything that can be useful for a person who reads and wants to organize what he read.

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9 answer(s)

Laroy, 2012-09-20
@Laroy

evernote?

super, 2012-09-21
@super

You do not use the information you read in any way - so the brain quickly forgets it.

sumnix, 2012-09-20
@sumnix

I put fiction on the list on goodreads (it's done conveniently there). I used to use a local program for this, but I got tired of the slow and small interface. I read articles through the same bundle klip.me + amazon whispernet (I have kindle3), but I don’t store them; if erased, you can restore on the amazon itself .

shadowalone, 2012-09-20
@shadowalone

It is easier to memorize by making associations, just like in children. And even if it is forgotten, then, if necessary (the appearance of associations), it pops up.
That is exactly what I do.

Kind, 2012-09-20
@Kind

code.google.com/p/link-collector/

Oldron, 2012-09-21
@Oldron

For Firefox there is a ScapBook plugin.
addons.mozilla.org/en/firefox/addon/scrapbook/
Saves downloaded pages.
Allows you to make notes on saved pages, delete unnecessary. There is a tree structure of directories. Search. Import Export.
Works only locally. Therefore, synchronization between browsers through export-import or place a directory on a cloud drive.

Vitaly Zheltyakov, 2012-09-21
@VitaZheltyakov

Your brain does not remember information because there is a lot of it. Basically, no one remembers everything. Organizing your library is fine, but remembering information won't help. As they wrote above: "do not use information - it is forgotten." I solved a similar problem by highlighting the main points in the articles.
I print and file articles of interest - I create my own paper library. While reading the article, I highlight the main points, suggestions with a marker. The result is an article in which it is enough to read the highlighted to understand the whole point.
My friends (they do not have the opportunity to print for free) create an electronic library on the same principle. First, the articles are saved in .doc format, highlights are made there, and then they convert .doc to .pdf, organizing the library.
I understand that the methods I have proposed are not convenient, but they really help memorize information. Checked on myself.

un1t, 2012-09-21
@un1t

I got myself a wiki, where I write down all sorts of information. It solves some of the problems.

Daniel, 2014-06-10
@Dani_el

Instapaper recently added a Highlights feature. Now you can store articles there, sort them into folders and make notes. True, only in the paid version :)
Evernote, in my opinion, is the most convenient option, but there is also Diigo. In the coming months (judging by their forum) there will be all the missing features. True, for convenient configuration of these services, you need to tinker with tags and folders.