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

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I wrote a simple HTML-page, with a jQuery based presentation layer, which allowed me to handle them under revision control

https://github.com/skx/bookmarks.public

Unfortunately opening this now `file://///bookmarks.html` doesn't allow loading the resource as a security issue. So I've exported all my bookmarks and deleted them.

I have the old history for reference, but I've just decided not to bookmark in the future.

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

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I guess you need to create a search engine so you can search your bookmark collection I did: https://historio.us

Your demo page throws a security error on Firefox FYI.

It's fixed, thanks. The cert failed to automatically renew and expired at a very inconvenient time.

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

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At 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…

Or, a book mark means I have vetted this page and know it to be of good high quality content. So in this context a bookmark search would be a good feature. Better layout and categorization would help as well. The services that tried and failed to provide this just redid browser bookmarks and added social. I think they missed out on why people have 100 tabs open.

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

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At 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…

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.

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

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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…

I made my own bookmark manager in Django and it's served my needs for years. Your mileage may vary of course. https://github.com/gjost/django-linkpile

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

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At 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…

Surfing the web is a journey. In the same sense that we store our photos on the cloud and don't want to lose them because they remind us of experiences. The web is no different, we keep exploring and take some souvenirs along the way. Why does everything have to be useful and optimal always? I wouldn't want to rely on Google to keep some nice memories and recall stuff I found useful.

beautifully put, my bookmarks tell a story
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