Could you specify what kind of data selection and pre-processing was required and why exactly it was hard to implement it in a real-life setup?

This reminds me about an idea I had but never really followed: For all you writers out there, do you think a device with an e-ink display and a normal keyboard, similar to a laptop, but designed for the sole purpose of distraction free writing, is something consumers might want?

I always wondered why this does not exist.

There was a discussion about e-ink displays the other day that you may find interesting: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8327281

Thank you, very interesting input!

This is something I really want, not for distraction-free writing, but to go in my backyard. I would love to get an SSH terminal in the sun.

Do you not think the slow refresh rates of e-ink diplays would be a problem when working with an SSH terminal?

I think that depends on your expectations... I lived the days where you would connect to a computer hundreds of miles away through a 1200 bps modem. That was pretty laggy sometimes but always manageable...

You kids are spoiled! :-)

I'm not even much of a writer, but I want this for general computer use. Battery life and heat generation would be way better. If the Kindle's web browser was a bit better and the device came with a native text editor, I would use it as my general computing device. I want this so badly.

I rather like the idea, at least in theory. It turns out that nature can actually be rather noisy, not to mention filled with mosquitoes and the like, so I've found it less productive than hoped in practice.

Check out the stuff made by Alphasmart. A larger display would be nice for editing.

I actually checked them out before, but especially their displays seem to be quite limited for writing long texts.

Oh sorry, I did not mean it in that way, I actually look foward to start working! Nevertheless, I think some burnout prevention is never wrong.

Do you have something like a daily routine of reviewing what you bookmarked that day and how much time would you spend on that?

I tried it but spent far too much time on it...

By definition, I read stuff and only links that I think will be useful make it into Trello Also, because the links are categorized well, it removes the need to keep going back and reviewing further etc - I only access the info as and when I need it.

The key is in organization & labeling It's not just a random pasting of links into the board I use different lists to categorize broad categories of content & cards as "sub categories" which makes it easier to go back to as and when i need it.

It helps that I always have Trello open in a browser so its quick and easy to paste stuff into the board wherever it belongs and move on with my life.