Out of ‘Scope:
I’ve got two speeches to give today so not much time to blog but allow me to tempt your tummy with Peerscope, some sort of wingding that allows you to share links with people in a pre-defined group. A shiny silver dollar to anyone who can explain how this program will save me time because, as it stands, I don’t get it at all (via Mightygirl).
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Group-based bookmarks. Pretty much useful, as far as I can tell, for only a couple of reasons:
1. Marginally quicker to poke a button on my browser toolbar then to go cut and paste into email. (Only by a little bit.)
2. The argument about mail programs eating up URLs is valid – it all depends on who you’re talking to and what network software is in the way. One mailing list I’m on has a habit of chopping lines at 80 characters, which can split up URLs over multiple lines. Secondly, the URL in the email is often only plaintext – I can’t click on it. (Depends on the mail reader and the mail server.)
The argument about not finding your link emails because of all your SPAM is precious, though. Made me laugh.
For one person, it doesn’t make a whit of difference. For a team of people? Whose business is knowing what’s going on in the web? Perhaps.
Group-based bookmarks. Pretty much useful, as far as I can tell, for only a couple of reasons:
1. Marginally quicker to poke a button on my browser toolbar then to go cut and paste into email. (Only by a little bit.)
2. The argument about mail programs eating up URLs is valid – it all depends on who you’re talking to and what network software is in the way. One mailing list I’m on has a habit of chopping lines at 80 characters, which can split up URLs over multiple lines. Secondly, the URL in the email is often only plaintext – I can’t click on it. (Depends on the mail reader and the mail server.)
The argument about not finding your link emails because of all your SPAM is precious, though. Made me laugh.
For one person, it doesn’t make a whit of difference. For a team of people? Whose business is knowing what’s going on in the web? Perhaps.
Oh, and it’s annotated like a mini-blog (or Daily Dashes or Cookie Crumbs or…). I know I’ve had a lot of trouble remembering why I bookmarked something in the dim and distant past.
Oh, and it’s annotated like a mini-blog (or Daily Dashes or Cookie Crumbs or…). I know I’ve had a lot of trouble remembering why I bookmarked something in the dim and distant past.