I doubt this pattern is unique to me, and I'm wondering how others manage to make the most out of browsing through blogs and articles on interesting but disparate topics presented in 15 minute chunks one after the other. This approach, while it tickles the part of my brain that wants to feel like it's learning, doesn't allow for any real digestion or integration of the information presented.

Often I think about keeping a journal to jot notes in as I read through the day's interesting links, but that feels a little unorganized, and as the journal grows I'm not sure how I'd be able to find any specific topic. I also have a bookmark tool that allows me to add tags to links, but this feels too in the background and despite adding many links to it, I never revisit them.

Which leaves me here, curious about methods others have developed to make the most of their Hacker News habit. If you have any tools or habits that have enabled you to feel like discovery of topics here have led to real learning beyond the immediate "Oh, that's neat!" as you read a blog post, I'd love to hear about it.

And for what it's worth, any interesting responses to this will be committed to paper in a tech-topic journal. That at least feels like a good place to start!

1. https://jamesclear.com/taking-action