I’m an avid reader of TechCrunch, Read Write Web, Copyblogger, and scores of other good business-related blogs. My reading lists can sometimes be a bit long — on a normal weekday I may read as many as 25 fairly lengthy blog posts.
I bet you and I are pretty similar. In this digital age, we are all constantly surrounded by good, helpful information that we can use to build our businesses and enrich our lives.
Yet that good information isn’t always timely. I often need to save good ideas for later. Here’s what I do:
Step 1: Use a Feed Reader
I can’t live without Google Reader. Hopefully you’ve already picked a reader that you can’t live without, too.
Step 2: Mark Articles to Read Later
Sometimes I find a good article that I don’t have time to read. I mark it using the Read it Later browser plugin, and come back to it when I have more time.
Step 3: Clip to Evernote
When I find something particularly noteworthy, I save it to Evernote. Evernote is the first piece of software that I’ve wanted to pay for, but the free version is more than plenty anyway. Whenever I find a good quote, idea, or other random inspiration, I clip it to one of my Evernote notebooks.
Here’s the best part: Evernote automatically syncs with my iPod, too, so I can have my inspiration on the go.
Photo by flickr/kofoed.
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