Matter and Re-Dwise: Rethinking the Core Focus of Matter

This week, Federico and John look at the history of read-later apps and the many similarities and differences between them and today’s read-later apps, like Matter and Reader, as well as link organizers, such as GoodLinks and Anybox.

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Links and Show Notes

Read Later Apps

• The History of Read-Later Apps
  • Instapaper Founder Marco Arment’s Journey From Bagel Jockey to Publishing Pioneer
  • 10 Years of Instapaper
  • Read It Later Reborn: Pocket Saves Everything “For Later”
  • An interview with Read it Later Developer Nate Weiner
  • Readability for iOS Review
• Why Are Read-It-Later Apps Suddenly Hot?
• Matter: A Fresh Take on Read-Later Apps
• Federico on Readwise Reader
• Readability Directs Shared Articles to Own Servers, Cuts Out Original Publishers

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