With the rise of smart devices and various super apps, I believe you must have heard the term “fragmented reading.” Baidu Encyclopedia’s definition of this is to use short and non-continuous time segments for short and small text reading.
At the beginning of this trend, everyone was yearning for it, saying that they could use their free time to improve themselves. But over time, people have discovered that this is actually a “shallow reading” that does not bring much improvement. Therefore, you can see that the topic of “fragmented reading” has not been very popular in the past year. So, can we say that fragmented reading is useless? No, it depends on how you read fragmented.
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- The status quo of fragmented reading
- 3 apps to help you quickly record from different perspectives
- To make fragmented reading effective, you must use it consciously
The status quo of fragmented reading
Before introducing the method, let us briefly understand the current status of fragmented reading and see if it composes your features.
1. Favorites = read
Many people have a “collection habit.” When you see a good article, you click on the collection right away, and you want to read it later, but most people never open it again. It may be because it is too long or because Long. In short, after a period of time, eachThere are more and more good articles lying in the app’s favorites, but they will only stay there until one day they are emptied by one click.
▲ WeChat Favorites, which have never been opened since they were added
2. After watching = not watching
In addition to the people above, there are people who will watch after the collection, but after reading, I haven’t found a place for the time being, so I continue to put them in my favorites, or I don’t have any feeling after reading. Over time, they will forget the specific content of these articles, which may also be outdated and no longer used.
Fragmented reading can bring you a moment of complacency, but you can also see that the most important part of fragmented reading is two steps: you must look at it and you must use it. Otherwise, from the final result, Not much different from your entertainment software.
3 apps to help you quickly record from different angles
So, what should we do to make fragmented reading effective? In “How to Read a Book Effectively,” the author mentioned that reading should be purposeful, and secondly, you need to know which are the key points, as long as the sentences that are important to you are the key points. So what are the sentences that are important to you? A refreshing point of view, a sentence that inspires your thinking, a sentence that touches you, etc.
Following this idea, we use fragmented reading. The purpose must be to collect some useful cases or sentences. In addition, new ideas pop up at any time in the process and need to be quickly recorded. Moreover, the output is the best input, which means that we must consciously use these collected good sentences in order to successfully internalize.
So, we have three things to do: Collect and classify sentences; Record your thoughts quickly; Use consciously.
Next, I will introduce you to 3 apps, you can choose one or more of them according to your needs.
1. “Marklist”: Collect text by copying and pasting, and categorize by tags
When we see an important sentence, select it in the pop-up window, select “Share”, click “Marklist”, and it will be automatically added to the app.
Then you just need to go to the app regularly every day, left-click on “Favorites” and add them to a favorite, so that these important content will be categorized. If it is a link, how many words will be reminded when the content is opened and how long it will be read.
Also, if you want to delete content, you must first move in to read it. The advantage of this is to force yourself to organize the content regularly. There is also a regret that if you want to record your thoughts, you can only add them when you move them to favorites, which will actually interrupt reading.
Finally, Marklist also has a statistical function. Click “read” in the lower left corner, and then click the data icon in the upper right corner to see your reading statistics. Click the bell icon in the upper right corner again, you can also set a timed reminder to read, including your statistics.
2. “Tapic”: Collect important text with screenshot tags
On mobile phones, the fastest way to record is not copy and paste, but”Screenshot”.
“Tapic” can directly import system screenshots and categorize screenshots according to your needs, but you cannot add notes. Therefore, the best way is to record and classify cases. Emphasizing the need to classify is to allow you to use these cases consciously. After classification, when you have similar needs, you can quickly find them based on tags.
Taking my own work as an example, I created 5 new tags, namely AppSo, activity screenshot, excellent slogan, data analysis, and activity case. When encountering relevant content, they will take a picture and categorize them regularly at night so that they can be found quickly the next time they are used.
▲ AppSo modify problem classification
3. “Snapin”: use screenshot + voice + OCR + to-do to improve the efficiency and review of inspiration recording
Snapin also uses screenshots for quick recording, but it goes a step further.
After taking a screenshot, you can quickly record your thoughts with voice or text, and then send it to the app. Is there a faster way to record than “Screenshot + Voice”? No!
Next, you can also set the reminder time by swiping left to remind you to review this screenshot and swipe right to set the category. At this point, you have achieved the important first two steps of fragmented reading with this app.3 steps it will also remind you, it depends on your consciousness.
In addition, it is also surprising that the app also integrates OCR, and the recognition accuracy is very high. During the follow-up process, you can directly extract important sentences in the screenshot using OCR and set them as notes, helping you quickly find the content you need through the notes in the process of searching later.
To make fragmented reading effective, you must use it consciously
The above three apps help you improve the efficiency and practicality of fragmented reading in different ways. As for which one to choose, it depends on your actual needs. Do you want to capture inspiration through text or quickly record through screenshots?
But I think they just help you complete the first two steps, and the last step is “You must use it consciously.” Because the above methods can be used by note-taking software, but the reason why we do not use note-taking software to accomplish this is to lower your psychological threshold and make it easier and faster to find the content you need in the process of recording and using . You can consciously quote classics in the chat process, you can also learn from the content in the process of writing articles, and you can inspire new ideas during the work. Most innovations are done on the basis of predecessors, provided that you consciously use what you have seen.
Try it out, so that your fragmented reading can also bring you a certain effect.
The status quo of fragmented reading
Before introducing the method, let us briefly understand the current status of fragmented reading and see if it composes your features.
1. Favorites = read
Many people have a “collection habit.” When you see a good article, you click on the collection right away, and you want to read it later, but most people never open it again. It may be because it is too long or because Long. In short, after a period of time, eachThere are more and more good articles lying in the app’s favorites, but they will only stay there until one day they are emptied by one click.
▲ WeChat Favorites, which have never been opened since they were added
2. After watching = not watching
In addition to the people above, there are people who will watch after the collection, but after reading, I haven’t found a place for the time being, so I continue to put them in my favorites, or I don’t have any feeling after reading. Over time, they will forget the specific content of these articles, which may also be outdated and no longer used.
Fragmented reading can bring you a moment of complacency, but you can also see that the most important part of fragmented reading is two steps: you must look at it and you must use it. Otherwise, from the final result, Not much different from your entertainment software.
3 apps to help you quickly record from different angles
So, what should we do to make fragmented reading effective? In “How to Read a Book Effectively,” the author mentioned that reading should be purposeful, and secondly, you need to know which are the key points, as long as the sentences that are important to you are the key points. So what are the sentences that are important to you? A refreshing point of view, a sentence that inspires your thinking, a sentence that touches you, etc.
Following this idea, we use fragmented reading. The purpose must be to collect some useful cases or sentences. In addition, new ideas pop up at any time in the process and need to be quickly recorded. Moreover, the output is the best input, which means that we must consciously use these collected good sentences in order to successfully internalize.
So, we have three things to do: Collect and classify sentences; Record your thoughts quickly; Use consciously.
Next, I will introduce you to 3 apps, you can choose one or more of them according to your needs.
1. “Marklist”: Collect text by copying and pasting, and categorize by tags
When we see an important sentence, select it in the pop-up window, select “Share”, click “Marklist”, and it will be automatically added to the app.
Then you just need to go to the app regularly every day, left-click on “Favorites” and add them to a favorite, so that these important content will be categorized. If it is a link, how many words will be reminded when the content is opened and how long it will be read.
Also, if you want to delete content, you must first move in to read it. The advantage of this is to force yourself to organize the content regularly. There is also a regret that if you want to record your thoughts, you can only add them when you move them to favorites, which will actually interrupt reading.
Finally, Marklist also has a statistical function. Click “read” in the lower left corner, and then click the data icon in the upper right corner to see your reading statistics. Click the bell icon in the upper right corner again, you can also set a timed reminder to read, including your statistics.
2. “Tapic”: Collect important text with screenshot tags
On mobile phones, the fastest way to record is not copy and paste, but”Screenshot”.
“Tapic” can directly import system screenshots and categorize screenshots according to your needs, but you cannot add notes. Therefore, the best way is to record and classify cases. Emphasizing the need to classify is to allow you to use these cases consciously. After classification, when you have similar needs, you can quickly find them based on tags.
Taking my own work as an example, I created 5 new tags, namely AppSo, activity screenshot, excellent slogan, data analysis, and activity case. When encountering relevant content, they will take a picture and categorize them regularly at night so that they can be found quickly the next time they are used.
▲ AppSo modify problem classification
3. “Snapin”: use screenshot + voice + OCR + to-do to improve the efficiency and review of inspiration recording
Snapin also uses screenshots for quick recording, but it goes a step further.
After taking a screenshot, you can quickly record your thoughts with voice or text, and then send it to the app. Is there a faster way to record than “Screenshot + Voice”? No!
Next, you can also set the reminder time by swiping left to remind you to review this screenshot and swipe right to set the category. At this point, you have achieved the important first two steps of fragmented reading with this app.3 steps it will also remind you, it depends on your consciousness.
In addition, it is also surprising that the app also integrates OCR, and the recognition accuracy is very high. During the follow-up process, you can directly extract important sentences in the screenshot using OCR and set them as notes, helping you quickly find the content you need through the notes in the process of searching later.
To make fragmented reading effective, you must use it consciously
The above three apps help you improve the efficiency and practicality of fragmented reading in different ways. As for which one to choose, it depends on your actual needs. Do you want to capture inspiration through text or quickly record through screenshots?
But I think they just help you complete the first two steps, and the last step is “You must use it consciously.” Because the above methods can be used by note-taking software, but the reason why we do not use note-taking software to accomplish this is to lower your psychological threshold and make it easier and faster to find the content you need in the process of recording and using . You can consciously quote classics in the chat process, you can also learn from the content in the process of writing articles, and you can inspire new ideas during the work. Most innovations are done on the basis of predecessors, provided that you consciously use what you have seen.
Try it out, so that your fragmented reading can also bring you a certain effect.