本文作者分享了从阅读大量博客文章中获得的关于生产力的宝贵经验。通过总结和实践，作者强调了诸如Focusmate、Anki、快速搜索和使用Raindrop.io等工具和方法对提高效率的积极作用。文章鼓励读者探索这些方法，并深入阅读相关文章，以提升自身的生产力水平。

💡 **Focusmate：** 作者受到Neel Nanda的博客文章启发，尝试了Focusmate，并认为其在持久地提高了生产力。通过Focusmate，作者不仅提高了工作效率，还建立了社交联系，结识了许多朋友。

✍️ **Anki：** Andy Matuschak的博客文章对作者产生了深远影响，促使他养成了长达两年的Anki学习习惯。作者认为，虽然阅读时间较长，但收益显著，特别是对于需要大量学习的学生来说。

📚 **快速阅读与信息筛选：** 作者坦诚地分享了自己快速阅读和跳读的习惯。Holden Karnofsky的博客文章则鼓励了作者这种阅读方式，并认可了从大量信息中筛选关键内容的重要性。

🔍 **高效搜索：** 作者从Gwern的文章中学习了使用LLM的快捷键和“site:”搜索指令，并将其应用于日常信息检索。作者认为，便捷地使用LLMs极大地改变了其生活方式。

🔗 **Raindrop.io：** 作者受到Andrew Conner的博客文章或其他相关信息的启发，开始使用Raindrop.io。他每天都使用这个工具，并认为它是一个非常有效的书签管理工具。

Published on April 24, 2025 12:32 AM GMT

I’ve read at least a few hundred blog posts, maybe upwards of a thousand. Agreeing with Gavin Leech, I believe I’ve gained from essays more than any other medium. I’m an intellectually curious college student with a strong interest in both the practical and philosophical. This blog post provides a snippet into the most valuable blog posts I’ve read on the topic of productivity. I encourage you to scan what I’ve gotten valuable out of the blog posts and read deeper if interesting.

On systems - Living a life of zero willpower by Neel Nanda. This post inspired me to sign up for Focusmate. I can confidently say that Focusmate (1) has increased my productivity by >20% in a lasting way and (2) houses more than half of my social life. I’ve met many of my closest friends through the app. The other advice in Neel’s blog post is also great. (If you use Focusmate, feel welcome to favorite me and lock in a coworking session!)How to write good prompts by Andy Matuschak. Empirically, I have this blog post to thank for my >2 year long Anki habit. It was a three-hour read, but it was well worth it (being a full-time student spending 1-2h/day using Anki).How to learn at college by Brennan Colberg. Led me to skip 70% of my classes last college semester.Honesty about reading by Holden Karnofsky. I skim a lot. I mostly don’t finish books. This blog post by Holden gave me even more permission to continue skimming a lot.Internet Search Tips by Gwern. Two things I got from this: (1) I have single-press hotkeys for LLMs, and (2) I now use site: in search queries. I use these all the time. Having Claude/ChatGPT one click away is life-changing, highly recommend.My tech stack by Andrew Conner. It was either this blog post, another blog post, or a conversation with Andrew that pushed me over the edge into trying out raindrop.io. I love raindrop, and use it daily. It’s basically a bookmarks bar that actually works.

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