Using pearltrees.com for a while. I usually keep them well organised but when I want to find something, i usually do a search. Using historysearch.com these days, which is more inline with modern day needs i believe.
Ask HN: How do you manage your bookmarks?
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#172I use vim and plain text files to keep track of interesting bookmarks in markdown format and also write a summary or important points. That way, if I need to search for something, all I need is a grep (or ripgrep). If the page is worth saving for future, I use Evernote's web clipper to save it so I can re-read or review it in the future. (I'm on Evernote free plan as I rarely go over the limit) I used to be a heavy D…
Did you know that Delicious was bought by Pinboard? Maceij put it in permanent read-only mode and fixed the export feature to make sure people didn't lose their data. https://blog.pinboard.in/2017/06/pinboard_acquires_delicious...
Re: Ask HN: How do you manage your bookmarks?
#173If 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.
I second the Pinboard suggestion. By paying the relatively inexpensive yearly fee, you get full text archives too which is great in the fight against link rot.
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#174Firefox bookmarks. Sync and powerful search in the speed bar with mnemonics
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#175I used to hoard lots of bookmarks to never look at them again.
It was a markdown file full of links, organized by a category, sometimes accompanied by a short comment. A never-ending backlog of articles, papers, videos, past live streams, blogs, and Hacker News threads that I will presumably come back one day.
I no longer save bookmarks and I no longer get a pressing urge to clear my backlog.
Recently, I have published a single HTML page on my personal website (ironically, called bookmarks.html) with a half-dozen of links that I found particularly remarkable. But the purpose here is to share good stuff with folks rather than look at it later when I have more time.
Re: Ask HN: How do you manage your bookmarks?
#176At what point do bookmarks essentially become an internet of your own making? I guess you need to create a search engine so you can search your bookmark collection, or maybe a Yahoo style directory to browse them. Or... Stop collecting the internet and give your brain a break from data overload. There is a certain flavour of FOMO that keeps tabs open forever and bookmark lists getting huge. Let go of it all. There wi…
Except with google it’s becoming impossible to find links from several years ago. Unless I remember exactly the right keywords and maybe the website name... How is this FOMO? The entire point of bookmarks is “maybe I’ll come back later to this”. Bookmarks let you save content that you come across that may not be relevant at this time, but could be useful later. There is no penalty for saving pages because space is vi…
2600 has an essay, "The Mysteries of the Hidden Internet", on this phenomenon in their autumn 2019 quarterly. It was quite a fun read! Check it out at Barnes and Noble. Or buy a copy (https://store.2600.com/products/autumn-2019).
Re: Ask HN: How do you manage your bookmarks?
#177I used to use WordPress's PressThis plugin to bookmark anything interesting, I would add categories or tags but I ran into same issue as you.
But I haven't found anything better. I don't want to use a 3rd party closed-source apps, so it limits my options.
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#178Earlier quoted context omitted.
Using Google to go back to something is only viable if the site stays online and Google doesn't change their algorithm in a way that makes what I'm looking for more difficult to find. Time and experience have shown me that sites are ephemeral and Google is constantly changing things, so that's why I archive the things that I find most useful.
Bookmarks don't really solve the website/page is no longer on line problem. But they do solve the Google moved the cheese problem.
Right. Which is why I archive, not bookmark.
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#179I don't use bookmarks anymore and just use the Pocket chrome extension.
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#180The most organized approach I've taken so far was self-hosting Shaarli. There's also an app and browser extensions exist as well I believe. Although now I do a more low-key approach, just storing them in a flat list and for current topics that interest me I create folders. My "focus interests" change quite rapidly so I don't care about archiving anymore.
Another vote for self-hosted Shaarli.
I currently have 4319 links, collected over 13 years and 8 days (started with Delicious, then Pinboard).
Link rot and relevance is an issue, and I rarely go back to links that are more than a year old.
I don't delete broken links though, I like to think my Shaarli is a fair representation of my interests over the years.
I recently developed a Shaarli extension for Ulauncher. [0]
[0] https://ext.ulauncher.io/-/github-sebw-ulauncher-shaarli