💡 WiseUp! Vol. 2 — Learn to chat with highlights, tame your feed, and more
This week, we're sharing a tutorial to help you make the most of your learning with our new Chat with Highlights feature, along with notes on what's changed in Readwise and Reader. We're also featuring a guide from our technical writer, Cayla, on taming your feed with RSS folders.
Thanks to your feedback, our team made some key improvements this week, including fixes for embedded videos, Twitter lists, and more. Read on for all the details or view our log of weekly improvements.
Before we get into the tips…
📍 Let's start with a reading recommendation
10 Habits of Highly Effective Note Takers
While compiling Wisereads, our editor Abi came across a meticulously written guide on the basics of note-taking for creating change. "Effective note-takers don’t just capture knowledge; they are deliberate about it. They use simple guidelines to ensure they capture information that matters — focusing on what inspires, excites, and is useful. This approach helps them organize their notes for easy retrieval later while avoiding unnecessary clutter."From the support inbox
Have questions about using Readwise or Reader in your workflow? We'd love to be your guide! Reply to this email with your question and you might be featured in an upcoming issue. Even if your question isn’t featured, we’ll respond to every message.
❓ A Reader question from Theo P:
How do I add an email newsletter to my Reader feed?
To receive email newsletters in your Reader feed, subscribe with your custom email address ending in "@feed.readwise.io" or create a forwarding rule from your email inbox. You can find your custom email in Account Settings > Email on mobile or in your import options page on web.
❓ A Readwise question from Domas V:
How does the algorithm resurface highlights in the Daily Review?
Choosing “Keep/Done” puts the highlight back into the rotation, aiming to show it again in about 7 days. (Exact timing varies depending on how many highlights you have and how many you review daily.) Selecting “Feedback” places the highlight on a spaced repetition schedule, which typically resurfaces it at ~7 days (Soon), ~14 days (Later), or ~28 days (Someday). Learn more in our blog post: Applying Spaced Repetition and Active Recall to Books to Hack Your Brain.
📖 New help doc of the week
Organize your Reader content with RSS folders
Our technical writer Cayla wrote up a comprehensive guide on how to organize your feed sources into convenient folders so you can skip the chaos of an overwhelming feed.
🎬 New video of the week
Ask your highlights anything
Last week we launched a brand new functionality inside of Readwise called Chat with Highlights, allowing you to synthesize answers from your entire library of highlights using AI. In her latest video, Erin shares two ways you can start chatting with your highlights, plus some tips and tricks for getting the best responses.
📰 February 1-7 updates
What's new in Reader and Readwise
🍎 NEW! Apple Notes Image Sync Setting — Scott added a toggle to the export settings page, so you can now choose whether to sync document cover images when exporting to Apple Notes.
💬 Improved Chat with Highlights — cmd/ctrl+clicking a highlight now opens its document in a new tab and navigates directly to the highlight on that page. Chat responses once again stream in continuously instead of showing a loading icon then displaying everything at once. Adam also fixed a bug causing chat to search the wrong kind of tags sometimes.
🎬 Improved Videos — Videos embedded in documents will no longer start playing automatically when opened, thanks to Mati. You can once again save YouTube videos that don’t have transcripts, or do have query strings like ?watch= in the URL. YouTube Shorts are now properly centered in web lists.
🐦 Fixed Twitter List Formatting — Adam adjusted twitter lists so the “posted at” time for individual tweets once again appears in small, unobtrusive text.
☁️ Fixed Android Offline Recognition — Johannes fixed a bug where Reader didn't properly detect a device going offline while the app was open.
📱 Fixed iOS Widget — Arek fixed a bug where the Readwise iOS widget showed a white rectangle instead of highlights.
🛜 Parsing Updates — Kryzs made improvements to how Reader handles posts from substack.com, reuters.com, and openai.com.
👍 Three featured finds
From Support Specialist Angie
Something to read 📖
In prepping for her Antarctic adventure, Angie immersed herself in Endurance, an account of Ernest Shackleton's infamous trip.
Something to focus 🧠
Angie's always on the move, so her preferred workstation is cozied up with a lapdesk.
Something to unwind ☕️
Give an Espresso Tonic a try—Angie's favorite drink on all days that end in "y".
💬 From the Readwise group chat
Pawsitive vibes
See you next week!
Warmly,
the Readwise customer support team