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Reading online

a process

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Why you should read

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Knowledge in breadth

Knowledge in depth

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Become better at what you already do

Learn new things you can be good at

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And mostly...

Because knowledge expires�💩🔥

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Knowledge expires

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Knowledge expires

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Historians

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Knowledge expires

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🏃‍♂️

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Historians

�Doctors

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Knowledge expires

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Historians

�Doctors

Software�Engineers

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Knowledge expires

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Historians

�Doctors

Software�Engineers

Frontend�Engineers

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What you should read

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You decide!

  1. List all topics you are �interested in

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You decide!

  • List all topics you are �interested in�
  • List all sources you currently read

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You decide!

  • List all topics you are �interested in�
  • List all sources you currently read�
  • Match topics with sources

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You decide!

  • List all topics you are �interested in�
  • List all sources you currently read�
  • Match topics with sources�
  • Find gaps and add more sources

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How to find content

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  • Twitter — follow leaders in your topics, create lists

High frequency�Low effort

Low frequency�High effort

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  • Twitter — follow leaders in your topics, create lists�
  • Websites — aggregators (e.g. HN), magazines

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High frequency�Low effort

Low frequency�High effort

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  • Twitter — follow leaders in your topics, create lists�
  • Websites — aggregators (e.g. HN), magazines�
  • Newsletters — digests, long forms�

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High frequency�Low effort

Low frequency�High effort

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  • Twitter — follow leaders in your topics, create lists�
  • Websites — aggregators (e.g. HN), magazines�
  • Newsletters — digests, long forms�
  • Blogs — thoughtful, infrequent writers

High frequency�Low effort

Low frequency�High effort

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  • Twitter — follow leaders in your topics, create lists�
  • Websites — aggregators (e.g. HN), magazines�
  • Newsletters — digests, long forms�
  • Blogs — thoughtful, infrequent writers�
  • Courses / Ebooks — learning in depth

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High frequency�Low effort

Low frequency�High effort

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  • Twitter — follow leaders in your topics, create lists�
  • Websites — aggregators (e.g. HN), magazines�
  • Newsletters — digests, long forms�
  • Blogs — thoughtful, infrequent writers�
  • Courses / Ebooks — learning in depth

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High frequency�Low effort

Low frequency�High effort

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How to read

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Define a process �and make it a habit

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  • Make the content come to you, �so you can build a backlog of things to read

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  • Make the content come to you, �so you can build a backlog of things to read
  • Twitter let’s go and see what’s new�

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  • Make the content come to you, �so you can build a backlog of things to read
  • Twitter let’s go and see what’s new�
  • Newsletters it comes to my inbox�

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  • Make the content come to you, �so you can build a backlog of things to read
  • Twitter let’s go and see what’s new�
  • Newsletters it comes to my inbox�
  • Websites let’s go and see what’s new�

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  • Make the content come to you, �so you can build a backlog of things to read
  • Twitter let’s go and see what’s new�
  • Newsletters it comes to my inbox�
  • Websites let’s go and see what’s new�
  • Blogs let’s go and see if there is a new post�

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  • Make the content come to you, �so you can build a backlog of things to read
  • Twitter let’s go and see what’s new�
  • Newsletters it comes to my inbox�
  • Websites let’s go and see what’s new�
  • Blogs let’s go and see if there is a new post�
  • Courses / Ebooks let’s save it for later

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  • Make the content come to you, �so you can build a backlog of things to read
  • Twitter ⛔ let’s go and see what’s new�
  • Newsletters ✅ it comes to my inbox�
  • Websites ⛔ let’s go and see what’s new�
  • Blogs ⛔ let’s go and see if there is a new post�
  • Courses / Ebooks ✅ let’s save it for later

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  • Make the content come to you, �so you can build a backlog of things to read
  • Twitter �
  • Websites�
  • Blogs

Build a digest

– with mailbrew�– or with feedly + zapier

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  • Make the content come to you, �so you can build a backlog of things to read

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2. Keep the content all in the same place

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2. Keep the content all in the same place

  1. Create an inbox just for content (I have luca.newsletters@gmail.com)

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2. Keep the content all in the same place

GMAIL FILTER THAT MATCHES ALL NEWSLETTERS

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(unsubscribe OR from:noreply OR from:no-reply OR from:no_reply OR from:do_not_reply OR "[New Article]" OR "[Nuovo Articolo]" OR "[New Post]" OR "make sure you keep getting these emails" OR "this email was sent to" OR "turn off these emails" OR "You’ve received this email because" OR "this e-mail is sent to" OR "this email is sent to" OR "per visualizzare questa email" OR "Hai ricevuto questa email perché" OR "Se non desideri ricevere ulteriori" OR "ricevuto questa email per errore" OR "Questa email è stata inviata a" OR "received this email by mistake" -{"confirm your" subject:urgent subject:alert label:notifications})

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3. Go through it and save interesting things for later

Use a web clipper to save interesting content (e.g. Pocket, Notion) to a separate list

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My Pocket list

My Notion backlog

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4. Read!

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Bonus: Schedule time for the parts of the process

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Bonus: Schedule time for the parts of the process

  • When do you go through the inbox and save things to Pocket? @Luca: early in the morning�

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Bonus: Schedule time for the parts of the process

  • When do you go through the inbox and save things to Pocket? @Luca: early in the morning�
  • When do you read things from Pocket? @Luca: in bed before sleep; casually in the weekend

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Bonus: Schedule time for the parts of the process

  • When do you go through the inbox and save things to Pocket? @Luca: early in the morning�
  • When do you read things from Pocket? @Luca: in bed before sleep; casually in the weekend�
  • When do you clean Notion backlog? @Luca: almost everyday after 18:00

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Bonus 2: Iterate on the process

  • Don’t you like what you read? Replace low quality sources�
  • Is your Pocket list ever growing? Reduce sources or become more restrictive in what you save�
  • Do you think you are not reading enough? Schedule some fixed time�
  • ...�

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Summary

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🧠 Define Topics

Select areas that are interesting to you

📚 Define Sources

That produce quality content about your topics

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🔍 Save the best for later

Scan your inbox and create a backlog of the most interesting things

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🔥 Read!

Consume the best content from your backlog

📥 Create Digests

That you can consume from a single inbox

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Thank you!