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Ask HN: Do you curate links/bookmarks?

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Re: Ask HN: Do you curate links/bookmarks?

#11
What I’ve found is that it really doesn’t matter which tool you use. There’s many options that will allow you to manage your bookmarks, consider a simple txt file.

The challenging bit is providing a sound enough structure so every item finds a place almost organically. If it’s a simple list then it can take a while to find a specific entry and if it’s too categorised you’ll run into a similar problem. I like to use trees with symlinks.

Re: Ask HN: Do you curate links/bookmarks?

#15
We built a tool for this as we had the same problem. A place you can collect, tag and share you links in a visual way. Right now it's only for articles, videos (YouTube) and films, but will expand into other domains. Have fun, let us know if I can help you navigate it. dean@discovereel.com www.discovereel.com

Re: Ask HN: Do you curate links/bookmarks?

#19
I used to hoard bookmarks to never look at them again. It wasn't adding any tangible value to my life, so I got rid of that habit.

What I'm doing now instead, is curating a set of links around some topics, and sharing them publicly. The most portable way of storing and presenting them is either an HTML page on one of my websites or a markdown file mirrored to Github. That way I can be sure that my data isn't locked into some proprietary format by an entity who might get Incredible Journey-ed for whatever reasons.

Here are my personal favorites: https://jmstfv.com/bookmarks

And here's the curated list of businesses publicly sharing their expenses: https://github.com/jmstfv/open-expenses

Re: Ask HN: Do you curate links/bookmarks?

#20
I blog. I can't seem to get significant traction in terms of an audience, but I very often can find some link I want for some reason because I blogged about it. In cases where searching the internet or searching HN is failing me, it's often been a huge relief to turn to my own writing and unearth it in short order.

It's a primary reason I continue to run my big fat mouth on blogs the rest of the world largely seems to have a yawning disinterest in most of the time.

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