WorldBrain's Memex: Bookmarking for the power users of the web

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Post by lelf » Mon, May 18, 2020, 7:22 PM UTC

WorldBrain's Memex: Bookmarking for the power users of the web
getmemex.com

Re: WorldBrain's Memex: Bookmarking for the power users of the web

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Post by fudged71 » Mon, May 18, 2020, 7:48 PM UTC

I'm excited for this resurgence of archiving, searching, highlighting, bookmarking, note-taking, etc

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Post by kstrauser » Mon, May 18, 2020, 7:48 PM UTC

My first impression was "oh, another Pinboard competitor" (which historically don't fare well). What's the elevator pitch for why I should use Memex instead of that?

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Post by anotheryou » Mon, May 18, 2020, 7:50 PM UTC

kstrauser wrote: post #3

My first impression was "oh, another Pinboard competitor" (which historically don't fare well). What's the elevator pitch for why I should use Memex instead of that?

Full-text search across everything you have ever seen (not just bookmarked).

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Post by kstrauser » Mon, May 18, 2020, 7:53 PM UTC

anotheryou wrote: post #4

kstrauser wrote: post #3

My first impression was "oh, another Pinboard competitor" (which historically don't fare well). What's the elevator pitch for why I should use Memex instead of that?

Full-text search across everything you have ever seen (not just bookmarked).

Ah, thanks! That's a good summary.

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, May 18, 2020, 8:00 PM UTC

anotheryou wrote: post #4

kstrauser wrote: post #3

My first impression was "oh, another Pinboard competitor" (which historically don't fare well). What's the elevator pitch for why I should use Memex instead of that?

Full-text search across everything you have ever seen (not just bookmarked).

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Post by jalopy » Mon, May 18, 2020, 8:01 PM UTC

Does it capture the web content I view? Or just index it to retrieve the web at it's original URL later?

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Post by rollinDyno » Mon, May 18, 2020, 8:01 PM UTC

Something I noticed when I use "Read Later" style applications to save pages is that I will, most of the time, forget about how I arrived at a certain page. This is important to me because it gives me the context to decide a perspective on the page.

If I was able to save pages while also knowing where I found them and maybe make a comment about why I found it interesting, then I would be able to organize my knowledge in a way that mirrors my train of thought.

Are there any tools capable of doing this?

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Post by avolcano » Mon, May 18, 2020, 8:18 PM UTC

The site is weirdly ambiguous about this but: I am assuming by "offline-first" they mean that the "full-text history capture" never leaves my device, right? Or does it get synced optionally? Or only synced to other devices I have?

It's baffling to me that they put "privacy-centric" front and center and then do not in any way explain what that actually means.

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Post by symplee » Mon, May 18, 2020, 8:20 PM UTC

Looks great. Would be awesome if it had a hook to easily generate Anki flashcards from text selection.