The goal of this phase it to build a reading inbox for digital content.

1. A very common way to build a reading inbox is just to install a read-it-later app (e.g. Pocket, Instapaper...). They usually work across devices so whether you're on your tablet, phone, laptop, you can save content and have a look at it when you have time. They often provide also highlighters and annotation tools that can be really helpful in the creative process.
2. Use ebook readers to save the books you want to read later. Most e-readers can also capture highlights and annotations even though some of them can be a little bit clunky.
3. Instead of having a separate place for your reading inbox and a place for taking your notes, you can also turn your note-taking app into a reading inbox. Use web clipper to save links directly to your note-taking app. Then take notes where the link was saved.

When you read the content you need to highlight and annotate it so you can actively engage with it to understand and remember it better.

• Kindle: a bit clunky but it has highlighting and annotation features which you can export later.
• https://web.hypothes.is/: you can use it everywhere on the web, just install it in your browser and you can use it for any type of content online. Whenever you revisit that page you can see your notes. You can also decide to make your notes public and to share them with other people who are going to be on the same page and using the browser extension or read the notes from other people who are also users of the app. This is really nice to have a social annotation app.
• Liner: installing a highlighter on your browser can be a really good idea to very quickly be able to take notes and highlight content without interrupting your reading flow
• Memex: it supports a wide variety of formats. A very recent feature is the ability to annotate youtube videos and you can put notes based on specific time stamps and then you can export these into your note-taking system

Highlights and annotations are just raw notes.

To process these notes we need to make sure that we import these in our note-taking system so they just don't die and forget them.

Import your notes manually

• Copy-paste highlights and annotations
• Use the native importer into your note-taking app
• Tag as #toProcess

Use an integration to import your notes

• Use apps with compatible APIs or native integrations