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Hi Reader 👋 Hope you're having an amazing Thursday!

If you’re anything like me, you pay for too many apps. Maybe even multiple “read it later” apps, only to have your saved articles scattered across different browsers and platforms.

But this week, I found a workflow that’s free, faster, flexible, and puts you back in control.

It started with Tim’s newsletter (shout out to @WebInspectInc).

He got me thinking: Why am I still using paid tools to save articles when Obsidian already houses my notes and ideas?

Obsidian is great for knowledge management. But with a couple of tweaks, it’s now my “read it later” system.

• All my articles are in one place.
• I can filter, tag, and organise them however I want.
• No more monthly fees.
• And I can connect ideas right where I do my best thinking.

If you’re a content creator, agency owner, or anyone who juggles research, ideas, and client work, this is for you.

You want:

• Simplicity
• Offline access
• The ability to make notes and connect ideas without jumping between apps
• A system that won’t disappear overnight or lock your data away

Obsidian gives you all of that. It’s the other app I use alongside ClickUp.

This is why I don’t use ClickUp for my note taking. As much as I love it, I don’t want my ideas online and locked behind a paid app.

On desktop, the Obsidian Web Clipper for Chrome lets you save any article in markdown with a click.

On iOS, I built a custom shortcut that grabs a web page, converts it to markdown, and drops it straight into my vault.

(Want to see it in action? Here’s a quick demo.)

Note: I’m using Obsidian Bases which is in early access right now but will be coming to the public soon. It just makes the filtering of data easier.

Here’s how to get started using Obsidian as your read it later tool:

1. Set up Obsidian on your desktop and mobile.
2. Install the Web Clipper extension for Chrome.
3. Create a “Read Later” folder in your vault.
4. Tag and filter your articles. I use a simple “to-read” tag and a filtered card view to see what’s next.

If you’re tired of paying for tools that don’t fit your workflow, give Obsidian web clipper a try.

Test it out this week. Let me know how it goes, or reply if you want my iOS shortcut.

See you next week!