Re: Question: Prioritizing unread bookmarks?

[Bryan]

Thanks for your suggestions. We use the Pinboard service in quite different ways. For me, the "read later" list is the primary feature. I'm less interested in creating a set of bookmarks to pages I have already read, though I do add these occasionally.

I'm also different in that I use Google Docs for taking notes. I can see how the Pinboard notes feature would be useful, not to mention speedier to access. However, I really enjoy creating Docs pages on various topics, and I can't imagine changing at this point.

I like your idea of using a "top" tag. I am going to try taking this even further by creating multiple priority tags. This may be overkill, but I'm going to create tags like so:

p:2_less_interesting

p:5_normal

p:6_very_interesting

p:7_truly_fascinating

p:8_important

p:9_urgent

When I add a new unread link, I will type "p:" and this will show me a list of options. The priority is on a scale from 1-9, with 5 being an average item. Links that are of special interest will get a 6 or a 7, and links with practical importance will get an 8 or a 9. I don't think I'll save many items that are less than a 5 because they're probably not worth saving, but I created the 2 option just in case.

I'm sure that some people will read this and think I'm nuts. That's okay - this isn't for everyone. The end goal is that I when go to my list of unread items, I can quickly find the things I'm most interested in first. And I'll be more willing to save important items to Pinboard if I'm confident that they won't get lost in the mix.