Want to get your hands on my Obsidian templates, Custom CSS, and Mermaid Diagram code? 👉🏻️bryanjenkstech.ck.page/d4ec0713d5 00:00 Intro 00:11 Opening 00:47 What is Raindrop io 01:47 Notable difference between raindrop and mymind 03:20 What types of content can you put into raindrop? 04:03 Clipper for browser and phone 04:27 What will raindrop cost you? 06:04 One of my favorite things about raindrop 07:02 Reading your articles from within raindrop 08:17 Tagging your items in raindrop 09:34 Why my two main tags in raindrop are 0 and 1 09:52 Processing items in raindrop 10:49 Why raindrop is perfect for me 11:46 The ultimate goal of using raindrop 11:56 RSS 13:03 The difference between my RSS feeds and my Inbox 13:42 Using Raindrop on your phone 14:21 Closing 14:53 Outro
11:48 "The ultimate goal is not hoarding everything, it's processing it and getting those precipitant ideas out into Obsidian." Wise words. I need to be reminded of this basically every day.
“I hope you found this interesting.” Dude, you have no idea how much this is all helping me get my studying together. I’m prepping for a myriad of IT certs this year and have desperately needed a better way to study. Seeing your process has shown me that I’ve been going-about things all wrong and not properly leveraging the tool right in front of me everyday to get far more done in managing all the information I’m cramming into my head. Thank you. Seriously, thank you.
I've been using the paid version of Raindrop for years now but never thought about adding Twitter links and embeds. Thanks for that. It's also useful to the app with Obsidian, but I hope the developers get the iOS app done so that links can be dropped directly into it. I do most of my reading on my devices, so iOS Obsidian is something I would pay for.
A new follower of your videos and I am finding them very useful! I am trying out this workflow (using Raindrop for the first time), and so far I am really liking it better than the numerous other resource managing workflows I have tried out. One question: where do you store resources that are not immediate articles/videos you want to consume? For instance, I find an online course that you want to keep coming back to as a constant reference on a particular topic. So something that cannot be fully in an inbox, reading or read category.
i take notes on what im looking at in raindrop in obsidian, i just have them side by side, i did a live stream (look for VOD int the title) of me working on some of my raindrop collection and putting them into obsidian
Glad to hear it! I was using pocket previously as well, but i honestly didnt like their interface and they got on my nerves with their highlighting limitations too. i prefer Raindrop much more as i can have the folders. Some of the paid features are mighty tempting though 🤣
By the way, folks. If you find value in a service, even if you don't use the pay-only features ... just pay for it anyway. Really. Pay for the value, not just the features.
pay if you can, many people just dont have the money like students. Now that i make some money from youtube i usually invest that back into supporting software developers, and others in the community
Well explanied! Cheers. And a question please - how come you didn't try implementing Evernote as the pipline source? The free account still let you use evernote's clipper, which is even more capable than Raindrop's. A dynamic article clipper, embedded youtube videos, adding tags folder and notes, available everywhere and already battle-trusted for years. Raindrop is great, but who knows for how long? Can your setup work with an Evernote integration as well? 🙏
Ta for the video, as it helped me to rethink what I need to do with my Raindrop student account, as I don't use it as much as I probably should. Have you done a video about how you process links out of Raindrop and add them to your Obsidian?
Thanks for the tip 🤣️ i really just need to hire someone to do the thumbnails. the editing and thumbnails are my least favorite things, i just like to talk 🤣️
Thank you for sharing your workflow, this has been helpful - I have been using Raindrop for the past few weeks and I have been loving it - I think it will be the best solution for me after researching a number of tools to sort my workflow and I believe I will be utilizing it in a similar way -- where it will act as my inbox and I can maximize the content I love. Do you think Raindrop really holds unlimited links? I am thinking it will bog down/ cap out? And how does the page feature work where it saves a copy of the page? Does that include the images? I am considering to buy it if I no longer have to save screenshots in fear I will lose my inspo. I am a designer/ developer so I save a ton of stuff for inspiration and while I am on the go so having a cross device tool is key. I also love the ability to tag - I think this will help reduce any redundant content I have saved, and I am usually inspired by a photo for more than one reason so having it tucked away in folders can create duplication. I like that with this tool I can tag on the go or leave things in my inbox when I haven't had opportunity to sort. I actually broke my instagram bookmarks back in January because of how much I have saved - I can't access the collections only all the bookmarks in a hacky way so it's been a nightmare to digest which is what led me down a rabbit hole. I also tend to save things on links on my desktop, email, browser bookmarks, notes and within the native apps themselves and then screenshots as well so I have been thinking I need one central place to store anything I have "cherry picked". I am thinking to move literally everything into here (Pinterest account) that I save but I am scared I will break this too. Thoughts anyone?! (NOTE: I do plan to delete, merge and reduce the amount of digital media I am hoarding 😭).
I love raindrop Unlimited, probably, it's a web app so server storage willing it shouldn't hit a cieling permanent copy is a feature of the pro version
Thank you for the content- Is there something you to do or set up in order to open Medium articles in the app itself? I only get a blank box unless click the URL and have it open up in Medium
i dont believe so, i think it worked out of the box that way for me. Only suggestion i have after looking at settings was to change the setting for bookmark click to be 'preview' if its not already. beyond that i dont know 🤷🏻♂️️
Im confused. What is the point of rss? I know its old, but isnt there a site for aggregating all articles from all your connected platforms? It just looks like one unneccessary traking thing at this point
Thanks for sharing. I have just found raindrop and I'm wondering if it's possible to make highlights and notes of TH-cam videos in raindrop mobile app? And how would you do it. Thanks
Is there a vid that actually shows how u transfer data from Raindrop into Obsidian, how you keep that organized. Thanks, great vids, great presenting ✨✨
wouldn't it be simpler to put all #0 stuff into the "Unsorted" folder and then anything #1 into the "INBOX" folder? to avoid rewriting tags - I think selecting categories is more efficient.
i dont process inputs fast enough to really mind having to change the tags, especially because im pickier with my inputs so i dont add a ton of them in all the time. keeping them in their categories for me is also useful if im looking to deep dive on a topic using what ive collected. just my preference :)
@@BryanJenks ahh I get you! that's totally sensible, it gives it more significance opposed to being more "loose" with inputs and blasting the self with a firehose
BTW... i do not sign in into Medium and i have no this limitation. If i am signed in and get that restriction, just go incognito or clear the cookies of the medium.com :)
True true many ways to skirt the paywall xD I use to be a barbarian and just edit the edit on the site and remove the overlays for some newspaper sites lol but this is a better approach xD
Hi Bryan, just found about Obsidian, coming from Evernote, Trello.. and lately Notion. Looking for a collection tool. Found Raindrop and checking yt videos to better learn the features. Im convinced and will give it a try. Anyway, just wanna give you a big thumbs up for that system of yours: (C collection) send to inbox with tag 0 (O Organize) move out of inbox, change tag 0 to 1, add tags One small comment tho. I agree with the firehose, but on the otherhand, my RSS feed app (Feedly) has a huge unread count. This means I want to automatize all the info sources into one inbox, like mailbrew or readwise... but i prefer to curate (handpick) my articles.. so more in a bookmarking fashion. Hopefully I can achieve something similar with Raindrop. Nevertheless, I am considering to also create a "FireHose Inbox" that would become my only daily digest.. all the interesting ones I could then move to 0 (to dive deeper later) or consume it right away and organize it - moving it to 1. I also avoid paying $5 for every new hyped service (readwise, etc), so I try to stick to FOSS apps that respect our privacy. PS: liked, subscribed and commented :P from a fellow ADHDer
Want to get your hands on my Obsidian templates, Custom CSS, and Mermaid Diagram code? 👉🏻️bryanjenkstech.ck.page/d4ec0713d5
00:00 Intro
00:11 Opening
00:47 What is Raindrop io
01:47 Notable difference between raindrop and mymind
03:20 What types of content can you put into raindrop?
04:03 Clipper for browser and phone
04:27 What will raindrop cost you?
06:04 One of my favorite things about raindrop
07:02 Reading your articles from within raindrop
08:17 Tagging your items in raindrop
09:34 Why my two main tags in raindrop are 0 and 1
09:52 Processing items in raindrop
10:49 Why raindrop is perfect for me
11:46 The ultimate goal of using raindrop
11:56 RSS
13:03 The difference between my RSS feeds and my Inbox
13:42 Using Raindrop on your phone
14:21 Closing
14:53 Outro
11:48 "The ultimate goal is not hoarding everything, it's processing it and getting those precipitant ideas out into Obsidian." Wise words. I need to be reminded of this basically every day.
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“I hope you found this interesting.”
Dude, you have no idea how much this is all helping me get my studying together. I’m prepping for a myriad of IT certs this year and have desperately needed a better way to study.
Seeing your process has shown me that I’ve been going-about things all wrong and not properly leveraging the tool right in front of me everyday to get far more done in managing all the information I’m cramming into my head.
Thank you. Seriously, thank you.
Thank you for such a lovely comment ❤️ im glad i was able to provide some value to you :)
thanks, I'm going to try this out with Obsidian as I can already feel the zettel chaos creeping in over there
Excellent! i always liked the ability to clip it to a specific inbox and keep my noisy RSS feeds and email newsletters seperate
I've been using the paid version of Raindrop for years now but never thought about adding Twitter links and embeds. Thanks for that. It's also useful to the app with Obsidian, but I hope the developers get the iOS app done so that links can be dropped directly into it. I do most of my reading on my devices, so iOS Obsidian is something I would pay for.
they have an iOS app planned in the future. would also be awesome for the iPad
Thanks for Raindrop.oi app. I have tried other apps, but his one is what I was looking for to organize my web sources!
Awesome! I may have another similar app review coming sometime soon you may also really enjoy! Raindrop was a great discovery for me as well :)
A new follower of your videos and I am finding them very useful! I am trying out this workflow (using Raindrop for the first time), and so far I am really liking it better than the numerous other resource managing workflows I have tried out. One question: where do you store resources that are not immediate articles/videos you want to consume? For instance, I find an online course that you want to keep coming back to as a constant reference on a particular topic. So something that cannot be fully in an inbox, reading or read category.
Usually a pinned browser tab, or using the onetab chrome extention :)
Thanks Bryan, quick question: do you have a video on how to go from raindrop to obsidian?
i take notes on what im looking at in raindrop in obsidian, i just have them side by side, i did a live stream (look for VOD int the title) of me working on some of my raindrop collection and putting them into obsidian
Hey Bryan! Thanks so much for the video! Quick and kinda silly question - but how are you creating the line separations/dividers between sections?
create a new collection and just name it as a bunch of dashes :)
The 0 and 1 tagging is such a simple way to track what you read and what you didnt.
boolean values :) still do it to this day
@@BryanJenks hell yeah :D
Saw raindrop on your previous video and signed up right away. Lol
Awesome! im a big fan of their icon sets for all the folders 🤣
Oh wow. I've been using Pocket, but I like this much better. I'm going to try it.
You are helping me out so much Bryan :D
Glad to hear it! I was using pocket previously as well, but i honestly didnt like their interface and they got on my nerves with their highlighting limitations too. i prefer Raindrop much more as i can have the folders. Some of the paid features are mighty tempting though 🤣
You can still tweet Medium articles to yourself to read for free. I think they just have to be tweets, not DMs.
easier now for me to just open a private browsing window lol no cookies to track if youve at your free article limit lol
@@BryanJenks true!
Because of this video, i discovered that i have 2.5K bookmarks in a 250 folders. Can i call myself now a PRO Collector? :D :D
*hoarder 🤣
@@BryanJenks 🤣 Yeah... last few days diving into all this note-taking business. Long way ahead. :) Tnx for the content. Found it helpful an well made.
Glad you like it! :)
Thank you very much for the video. For your information, you can use private navigation on the browser to access to medium articles freely,
And also clearing browser cookies, :) I just raindrop happens to be less friction though
By the way, folks. If you find value in a service, even if you don't use the pay-only features ... just pay for it anyway. Really. Pay for the value, not just the features.
pay if you can, many people just dont have the money like students. Now that i make some money from youtube i usually invest that back into supporting software developers, and others in the community
Well explanied! Cheers. And a question please - how come you didn't try implementing Evernote as the pipline source? The free account still let you use evernote's clipper, which is even more capable than Raindrop's. A dynamic article clipper, embedded youtube videos, adding tags folder and notes, available everywhere and already battle-trusted for years. Raindrop is great, but who knows for how long?
Can your setup work with an Evernote integration as well? 🙏
i like raindrop more, its just preference
Great flow, definitely resonates with me
Glad to hear it! :)
New to your channel, quick browse of your videos list and I’m subscribed. Super interested in obsidian workflows, zettlekasten
Glad to have y!
Ta for the video, as it helped me to rethink what I need to do with my Raindrop student account, as I don't use it as much as I probably should.
Have you done a video about how you process links out of Raindrop and add them to your Obsidian?
im due to make one as i haven't yet, but my live streams are mostly about me pulling papers and
links out of raindrop and processing them
@@BryanJenks that's good to know, ta. When are they usually on?
Dude, your content is amazing. But, you really need to work on your video thumbnails 😁
Thanks for the tip 🤣️ i really just need to hire someone to do the thumbnails. the editing and thumbnails are my least favorite things, i just like to talk 🤣️
I use a combination of Pocket and Joplin for processing and narrative notes (and a zillion other things).
nice, i wasnt a big fan of pocket TBH. didn't get a lot of value of out it and the free version was severely limited
youre a god for the M... SHHHHHHHH this feat must stay and its still here:)
:)
Thank you for the explanation. Great video.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for sharing your workflow, this has been helpful - I have been using Raindrop for the past few weeks and I have been loving it - I think it will be the best solution for me after researching a number of tools to sort my workflow and I believe I will be utilizing it in a similar way -- where it will act as my inbox and I can maximize the content I love.
Do you think Raindrop really holds unlimited links? I am thinking it will bog down/ cap out? And how does the page feature work where it saves a copy of the page? Does that include the images? I am considering to buy it if I no longer have to save screenshots in fear I will lose my inspo.
I am a designer/ developer so I save a ton of stuff for inspiration and while I am on the go so having a cross device tool is key. I also love the ability to tag - I think this will help reduce any redundant content I have saved, and I am usually inspired by a photo for more than one reason so having it tucked away in folders can create duplication. I like that with this tool I can tag on the go or leave things in my inbox when I haven't had opportunity to sort. I actually broke my instagram bookmarks back in January because of how much I have saved - I can't access the collections only all the bookmarks in a hacky way so it's been a nightmare to digest which is what led me down a rabbit hole.
I also tend to save things on links on my desktop, email, browser bookmarks, notes and within the native apps themselves and then screenshots as well so I have been thinking I need one central place to store anything I have "cherry picked". I am thinking to move literally everything into here (Pinterest account) that I save but I am scared I will break this too. Thoughts anyone?!
(NOTE: I do plan to delete, merge and reduce the amount of digital media I am hoarding 😭).
I love raindrop
Unlimited, probably, it's a web app so server storage willing it shouldn't hit a cieling
permanent copy is a feature of the pro version
Interesting. I'm trying to accomplish something else and came across this. Going to consider it. Thank you. Enjoy your videos.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for the content- Is there something you to do or set up in order to open Medium articles in the app itself? I only get a blank box unless click the URL and have it open up in Medium
i dont believe so, i think it worked out of the box that way for me. Only suggestion i have after looking at settings was to change the setting for bookmark click to be 'preview' if its not already. beyond that i dont know 🤷🏻♂️️
@@BryanJenks actually I figured it out- I had to download the desktop app and not just use the online. all good. thank you
@@dr.braddavis1710 weird. im only using the browser not the desktop app. 🤷🏻♂️️
you can use private navigation on the browser to access to medium articles freely,
Im confused. What is the point of rss? I know its old, but isnt there a site for aggregating all articles from all your connected platforms? It just looks like one unneccessary traking thing at this point
its a simple service that is easy to use and setup and has a wealth of tooling built around it. its even in the name
Really Simple Syndication
that video helped a lot! Thanks so much!
awesome! :)
does the Medium trick still work in 2023? Im new to raindrop and it seems like only sometimes the full article will Preview temporarily.
im not sure TBH i just pay for it now
Thanks for sharing. I have just found raindrop and I'm wondering if it's possible to make highlights and notes of TH-cam videos in raindrop mobile app? And how would you do it. Thanks
i dont use the mobile app at the moment, i do think they added exportable notes recently but not sure on if it applies to videos or not
@Bryan Do you use an Obsidian template to ingest from Raindrop.io? How much of the ingest can be automated?
I have templates for every input type I consume and I automate as much as possible :)
Is there a vid that actually shows how u transfer data from Raindrop into Obsidian, how you keep that organized. Thanks, great vids, great presenting ✨✨
ive done it on livestream and maybe in my comprehensive videos? i forget
Do you still use Raindrop or Zotero?
Both! More than ever
@@BryanJenks Too many apps for me. I am looking just for one simple inbox for Obsidian. Maybe Dynalist.
@@bloggerpilot to each their own :) sometimes the right tool for the right job outweighs the benefit of centralization
wouldn't it be simpler to put all #0 stuff into the "Unsorted" folder and then anything #1 into the "INBOX" folder? to avoid rewriting tags - I think selecting categories is more efficient.
i dont process inputs fast enough to really mind having to change the tags, especially because im pickier with my inputs so i dont add a ton of them in all the time. keeping them in their categories for me is also useful if im looking to deep dive on a topic using what ive collected. just my preference :)
@@BryanJenks ahh I get you! that's totally sensible, it gives it more significance opposed to being more "loose" with inputs and blasting the self with a firehose
Excellent, thanks.
My pleasure :)
hello. the subtititles for this video are not working properly.
not something i control, sorry!
What a boss! Thanks!
🤗️
BTW... i do not sign in into Medium and i have no this limitation. If i am signed in and get that restriction, just go incognito or clear the cookies of the medium.com :)
True true many ways to skirt the paywall xD I use to be a barbarian and just edit the edit on the site and remove the overlays for some newspaper sites lol but this is a better approach xD
Hey, just want to know how you sync Raindrop with obsidian..?
i dont? not sure what you mean by that
very helpful thanks
my pleasure!
Thanks
thank you for the support!
I only get the preview mode not the article mode as I can see in the video
I noticed that happens on occasion I’m not sure why, most of the time it works for that one try reading it in. Private browser window
@@BryanJenks ok thanks for the reply .
Do you still use it bro?
yup!
im i the only person that use raindrop for anime?
THATS A GREAT IDEA
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Hi Bryan, just found about Obsidian, coming from Evernote, Trello.. and lately Notion.
Looking for a collection tool. Found Raindrop and checking yt videos to better learn the features. Im convinced and will give it a try.
Anyway, just wanna give you a big thumbs up for that system of yours:
(C collection) send to inbox with tag 0
(O Organize) move out of inbox, change tag 0 to 1, add tags
One small comment tho.
I agree with the firehose, but on the otherhand, my RSS feed app (Feedly) has a huge unread count. This means I want to automatize all the info sources into one inbox, like mailbrew or readwise... but i prefer to curate (handpick) my articles.. so more in a bookmarking fashion. Hopefully I can achieve something similar with Raindrop. Nevertheless, I am considering to also create a "FireHose Inbox" that would become my only daily digest.. all the interesting ones I could then move to 0 (to dive deeper later) or consume it right away and organize it - moving it to 1.
I also avoid paying $5 for every new hyped service (readwise, etc), so I try to stick to FOSS apps that respect our privacy.
PS: liked, subscribed and commented :P from a fellow ADHDer
the RSS feed selection is an interest of mine as well, lots of good stuff to pick out of the piles. i review my tech feeds daily
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