reading
Productivity

Slicereader Breaks Text Into Easy-To-Read Paragraphs

Mac: Easily distracted while reading long articles? Slicereader is an app that breaks articles into smaller chunks so they’re distraction-free and easy to read.

6 June 2013

Organise

Curata Reader Filters Your News To Create The Perfect Feed

Curata Rader is a clean and simple news reader that imports directly from the soon-to-be defunct Google Reader. But don’t be fooled by its minimal exterior; you’ll find plenty of customisation options to help you create the perfect news feed.

21 May 2013

Organise

How To Import Instapaper Or Readability Articles Into Pocket

There are a lot of great bookmark-and-read-later services out there, but if you want to switch from one to another, you probably want to take your old articles with you. Here’s how to import your old Instapaper or Readability articles into Pocket.

17 May 2013

Productivity

Dictionary Of Numbers Puts Large Numbers Into Easy-To-Understand Terms

Chrome: When you’re reading articles that have a lot of big numbers in them it can be hard to actually wrap you mind around what those numbers mean. A figure like “342,234 acres” doesn’t really mean much to most of us; Dictionary of Numbers is a Chrome extension that turns those numbers into terms we can understand.

15 May 2013

Communicate

Ask LH: How Can I Make Web Text Easier To Read?

Dear Lifehacker, The current fad of writing web page text in pale grey is making it difficult for those of us with grey hair. Is there any way around this problem? Thanks, Grey Days

2 May 2013

Productivity

Kindle For iOS Can Make Siri Read Your Books Aloud (Sort Of)

Although a long-time pseudo-feature of Amazon’s Kindle hardware, its iOS app of the same name now offers the ability to read your books to you with Siri’s voice. The downside? You can’t just have Siri read your books to you with the tap of a button.

20 April 2013

Productivity

Get Around Quora’s Content Restrictions With This Quick URL Hack

Quora is a question-and-answer site with a lot of great content — and one small catch. In order to read all of the answers in a thread, you have to register, or else you can only read the first response.

18 April 2013

Communicate

Pocket’s ‘Send To Friend’ Shares Articles Between Pocket Users

Pocket is one of our favourite ways to bookmark and read things later. Now, you can send articles straight to your other friends that are using Pocket. No email, Facebook or other networks necessary.

10 April 2013

Productivity

Skip To The Conclusion To Decide Whether A Long Read Is Worth Your Time

Every day, more and more great longform content makes its way onto the internet. Sometimes, it just seems impossible to get through it all. Avid reader and strategist Roberto Estretinho suggests that the best way to go about it is by cutting to the chase.

5 April 2013

Productivity

PageZipper Turns Paginated Articles Into An Endless Scroll

Chrome/Firefox: Paginated posts are never fun to navigate through, because they require an excessive amount of clicking. PageZipper is a Chrome and Firefox extension that turns multi-page posts into one simple, endless scroll, complete with keyboard navigation.

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