Unfortunately, the read-it-later app, Pocket is shutting down. We have until October 8, 2025, to migrate all user data after which all of it will be permanently deleted.
I usually miss these migration deadlines, not because I don’t see the reminder emails but it’s quite a bit of work. I remember telling myself I’d made a mental note about the Adidas app deadline but I ended up missing it, and now all my data is lost or possibly seated somewhere on a random server. This is my attempt to somehow make up for that.
This is a version of something I came across in Issue 169 of Hulrys newsletter.
Introduction
I read a lot of articles online and to keep track of what I read I’ve tried a couple of things, hoard a bunch of tabs open for later, bookmark the tab for later, tweet the article, and I used to write a whole article with a list of everything I’d read the past month. Some of these helped, when I of what I read here on the blog and manually add links to my notes app - I even post them on Twitter so I can somewhat share with anyone interested but also have a solid record of what I’ve read
Obviously none of these is sufficient, I actually came back to Pocket early this year but I still couldn’t have everything the way I wanted to.
I honestly didn’t use Pocket so much like so many people I’ve seen online but I surely fell in love with the startup a while back after reading an article about how they hit 20M users with just 20 staff. I immediately signed up and since they were acquired by Mozilla it just made everything way easier.
This is a version of something I came across in Issue 169 of Hulrys newsletter.
Preriquisites
An iPhone, Claude & Apple Reminders
Getting Started
This is my first time properly using the Reminders app for something useful so forgive the mess. Here’s Hulry’s well structured approach that uses ChatGPT, I’m late to the party
Luckily I came across this method basically, he’s providing alternatives to Pocket, this is my version of
I wanted to go a bit further - remind me a certain ; sometimes I read over breakfast or after work but also sometime it’s to take a break form social media
Bonus
I usually don’t close tabs because I come across a lot of articles online and I always tell myself I’ll go back to them but often I never will and next thing I know I’ve hit a max 500 tabs on my phone
then also close the tab -
Conclusion
This way, I think I’ll somewhat get to read more but more importantly have an impressive catalogue of articles that I’ve read online - plus somewhat build a system
More importantly I think this is where AI shines, assist my thinking - maybe my organization