As I read and process content from the web on Mac, iPhone and iPad

Reading and processing of content from the web - it's not just the ability to effectively find and save interesting articles, but also for someone (like me) - a working necessity. Every day, you sweep past the hundreds of articles, and it is important to process them, and save for later reading or "eternal" storage. In this post I will explain how I solved the problem on their Apple-devices: Mac, iPad and iPhone.

foundation

Initially, talk about their demands, which I presented the system of reading and processing content. They are simple: accessibility from anywhere, User-friendly interface used applications, support applications with each other and instant synchronizationThat data is always current.

My system is in three simple steps. First - this is information from content sources tracking, The second - preservation of interest to me to be a "buffer zone" and third - preservation of the most useful and necessary materials from the "buffer zone" in the "knowledge base". In words may sound a little bit hard, but the reality is quite simple.

sources

So to start is to understand the sources of the content, places where I get the information. Such "channels" of delivery I have three: RSS, Twitter and Zite / Flipboard. It is enough to always get the most current news and interesting articles. Accordingly, now I tell which applications and services I use to get the information from these sources.

RSS

Since RSS is simple - you can choose to Digg or Feedly, but I prefer the first option. Each of them have clients for Mac, iPad and iPhone, the Pocket support, which is important for dalneshem processing, user-friendly interface. Here, they say, the question of your taste preferences.

Web version of Digg to work with Mac Web version of Feedly for use with Mac

Twitter

The best Twitter client that I know - it is Tweetbot. Despite the fact that the official client is already pretty good, to outdo the brainchild of Tapbots he failed, especially in the work with lists, which is especially important for me. But if you do not want to spend money to buy the application, you can get by with a standard application, however please note that the victim give you ease of use. To work with lists is still very convenient Tweetdeck, but I use it only on a Mac, this application for iOS anymore :(.

Again, the important point - support quick save links and tweets Pocket - a common "buffer zone" to all content sources.

Tweetbot for the iPhone:

Tweetbot for iPad:

Tweetbot For the Mac:

Twitter for iPhone / iPad:

Twitter For the Mac:

Tweetdeck For the Mac:

Zite / Flipboard

The two most popular aggregator feature articles for iOS-devices. You simply specify the topic (in Zite) or subscribe to the appropriate category of your magazine (Flipboard) and just periodically check them. Recently it became known that Flipboard bought Zite and I hope that Flipboard will choose to become even better than before. The main disadvantage - the lack of clients for Mac, but "this nuisance we will survive." The main plus -. Support the Pocket, which, as you know, for me is very important :) So just talk about it.

The buffer zone - Pocket

So, we decided on the content sources, but now let's talk about the place where the article will be sent to those who have hooked up. For me, such a buffer zone - a Pocket. This "intermediate" place to get interesting articles from all sources, a kind of a vacuum cleaner and a black hole :). Pocket is integrated with a variety of services (including, Digg, Feedly, Twitter, that for me the most important) and save to an article does not cause problems.

Plus, do not forget about the extensions for all browsers that allow you to send a page in Pocket in the event that came across something interesting happen to be browsing sources :)

Another useful thing that pleases me in the Pocket - is the support of tags and the ability to view them on the iPhone and iPad clients. Articles can be grouped any way you like and get instant access to them.

Some people prefer Instapaper or Readability, but I worked with all these services, all focused on the same Pocket. Again - I support the right applications, the ability to "postpone" any content, plus you can view the tags in a mobile app. Elegant same.

Our next stop - "knowledge base" on which eternal storage sent the best and most useful articles.

Pocket for iOS:

Pocket For the Mac:

Knowledge Base - Evernote

Well, Evernote is the best suited for storing and grouping the most interesting article (but not very useful when creating a record with zero). You can make countless notebooks and tags, to have access to articles from anywhere and use them when you need them. Ways to organize information into Evernote - thousands.

They say that in the best Evernote appears when you purchase a premium subscription, but it is enough, and standard features. The main thing is that when you use Evernote was online, but now this is no problem.

The main thing is that Pocket integration with Evernote is integrated by default for both desktop and mobile clients. This allows you to add articles to the "knowledge base" everywhere. Here is the interaction between the Pocket and Evernote turns. You can still turn on IFTTT-recipe in which entering of articles in "favorite" will automatically save it to Evernote.

Needless to forget the excellent web clipper that allows you to keep a cool article directly from your browser and add to it the description and annotation.

Evernote for iOS:

Evernote For the Mac:

results

Such content-processing system I developed at home. It allows me everywhere to follow the new articles to read offline deferred using the Pocket, and save the most useful in Evernote, to use them in the future. My recipe - not the ultimate truth, but I hope that my experience will help you to organize your own content processing system :-)