A read later list is an essential productivity tool.
Here are three different strategies for getting through your reading list, and the tools to execute them.
Its time to either read those articles you skip every time, or let them go.
Go through ruthlessly if you regret archiving an article, you could always dig it up later.
(More likely, youll forget about it forever andyoull be fine.)
you could only skip an item three times before the app deletes it.
This way you spend more time reading, and less time hunting for something to read.
But if they even work for a few weeks, theyll help you put a dent in your list.
(Im a big believer in the tool that works right now.)
Accelerator
Instapaper can force you to speed-read your articles with the Speed tool.
While viewing an article, hit the share button on the right end of the bottom menu.
In the row of gray share options, hit the speedometer icon.
Pocket has no speed reader.
But its supported by the third-party speed reading app for iOS,Accelerator.
There are weirder options for getting through your reading list.
We personally wouldnt go this far, but it works for someone out there.
Its fun to go into super-efficient mode and skim, archive, and delete unwanted articles.
But one session usually isnt enough to clean out your reading list forever.
(Set a daily reminder if you have to.)
The rest of the time, you’re able to sit back and relax with a full article.
But for those few minutes, youre in terminator mode: seek and destroy.
