Ask HN: How do you manage your bookmarks? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: How do you manage your bookmarks?

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Post by masukomi » Tue, Jan 21, 2020, 8:56 PM UTC

calpaterson wrote: post #15

Well...I'm working on my own thing (FOSS) https://github.com/calpaterson/quarchive It's quite early but I'm able to use it as a near replacement for pinboard (including search but not including tags). I have circa 6k bookmarks so I feel your pain. It's based on sync of your browser bookmarks via an extension. This works well because it allows you to bookmark on your phone. Here are some features I have planned: 1. Sh…

why "not including tags"

i derive _so_ much value from having well tagged items in Pinboard.

Re: Ask HN: How do you manage your bookmarks?

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Post by masukomi » Tue, Jan 21, 2020, 9:02 PM UTC

ajnin wrote: post #195

I actually made a small webapp to deal with my bookmarks. It's unfinished so it's more a dump than anything at the moment. I can categorize bookmarks using a directory structure as well as tags, to deal with search more easily. This was also a way for me to learn about browser plugins, to integrate a bookmark button in the browser's toolbar. I intend to make it a public service at some point. For anyone interested :…

Is this open source?

Re: Ask HN: How do you manage your bookmarks?

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Post by MiracleUser » Tue, Jan 21, 2020, 9:21 PM UTC

masukomi wrote: post #219

MiracleUser wrote: post #214

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can content from Histre be exported and easily digestible into a home brew solution or is the user dependent on maintaining* an account with Histre in order to not lose what they've put into it?

Yeah, that's a big deal for me too. I want more info on what "Your Data is Your Data" really means. If I can't walk away with it, it's not really mine.

The only thing I saw was that they dont share it and I can have it deleted at any time

Re: Ask HN: How do you manage your bookmarks?

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Post by lardissone » Tue, Jan 21, 2020, 9:58 PM UTC

AndrewDucker wrote: post #22

If you're willing to tag things so you can find them later, then https://pinboard.in If you're not then don't store them, just google them when you need them. That will either help you find the link you wanted, or it will find you something better, because the world has moved on since then.

Pinboard.in + Shiori on mac for easy access and saving bookmarks in an Alfred-like way.

Re: Ask HN: How do you manage your bookmarks?

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Post by Tryffel » Tue, Jan 21, 2020, 10:10 PM UTC

I too have created command line terminal application specifically for this. My solution is to be able to add any metadata to bookmarks with full text search. No release yet, there are bugs but it's perfectly usable (have been using it for months now). https://github.com/tryffel/bookmarker

Re: Ask HN: How do you manage your bookmarks?

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Post by kirubakaran » Tue, Jan 21, 2020, 10:24 PM UTC

MiracleUser wrote: post #214

kirubakaran wrote: post #132

Check out my https://histre.com/ The main reason behind my building Histre is the idea that we throw away a lot of the signal we generate while doing things online and this can be put to good use for ourselves. Bookmark management is just a special case of knowledge management. What you really need is a knowledge management tool that is easy to use. You'll get a ton of other benefits too. As it is right now, Histre a…

Can content from Histre be exported and easily digestible into a home brew solution or is the user dependent on maintaining* an account with Histre in order to not lose what they've put into it?

Thanks for checking it out MiracleUser. Yes, I'm working on org-mode export right now. I'll add csv soon. You will be able to get all the data out at anytime.

Re: Ask HN: How do you manage your bookmarks?

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Post by kirubakaran » Tue, Jan 21, 2020, 10:26 PM UTC

masukomi wrote: post #219

MiracleUser wrote: post #214

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can content from Histre be exported and easily digestible into a home brew solution or is the user dependent on maintaining* an account with Histre in order to not lose what they've put into it?

Yeah, that's a big deal for me too. I want more info on what "Your Data is Your Data" really means. If I can't walk away with it, it's not really mine.

I agree. You'll be able to export everything. org-mode first (as I'm an emacs user myself). csv next.

Re: Ask HN: How do you manage your bookmarks?

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Post by MiracleUser » Tue, Jan 21, 2020, 11:00 PM UTC

kirubakaran wrote: post #226

MiracleUser wrote: post #214

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can content from Histre be exported and easily digestible into a home brew solution or is the user dependent on maintaining* an account with Histre in order to not lose what they've put into it?

Thanks for checking it out MiracleUser. Yes, I'm working on org-mode export right now. I'll add csv soon. You will be able to get all the data out at anytime.

Nice, thank you for the info. I'll check this out

Re: Ask HN: How do you manage your bookmarks?

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Post by David_R » Tue, Jan 21, 2020, 11:10 PM UTC

I've used URL Manager Pro for years...very pleased with it (Mac only). http://www.url-manager.com/ It creates a local bookmarks file; folders/subfolders; search; each bookmark has a Notes field; I sometimes copy a clip from the website into Notes to act as search bait. I use it to build a professional library.

Re: Ask HN: How do you manage your bookmarks?

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Post by shepptech » Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 1:12 AM UTC

I use start.me It is free to use, but I paid for the lifetime subscription and it hasn't let me down. I can use it between browsers, and I can access it from machines that aren't even my own. It is a browser based solution, but when I set it to my home page it is almost second nature to use.