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Linden's Pensieve: Diigo: Paper-and-pen Mark-up Meets Web 2.0

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Saved by 7 people (1 private), first by anonymouse user on 2008-05-16


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Make way, Del.icio.us! Diigo is here, and it's changing the way people use and, in true Web 2.0 fashion, interact with the Internet.

Highlighted by maggie_diigo

Along came del.icio.us: Suddenly, your favorite sites are with you wherever you go. In the end, unfortunately, del.icio.us is just a bookmarking site. You can tag and write a short note for each bookmark, but that is about the limit of interactivity between you and the sites you save.

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on 2008-06-17 by mmarlatt

Delicious might be the "largest" social bookmarking site but that's about all it is. It lacks the robust functionality and features offered by Diigo, which is why Diigo is surely the App to surpass Delicious and others for years to come!

Diigo is pronounced as Dee'go. The name "Diigo" is an abbreviation for "Digest of Internet Information, Groups and Other stuff.",

Highlighted by mmarlatt

If you like del.icio.us, you will love Diigo.

I will not be the first to say it, but Diigo is like del.icio.us on steriods. Diigo bookmarks your favorite sites, uses tags to classify your bookmarks, allows you to make bookmarks private or public. It can even automatically post your latest saves to your blog.

Highlighted by maggie_diigo

But Diigo provides innovative ways to interact with web sites.

Diigo lets you highlight text on a page and annotate it with sticky notes. As a PhD student in the 21st century, this innovation frees me from downloading and re-reading sites I use for my research on the internet. I use less paper and I save time.

Highlighted by maggie_diigo

Diigo also makes it more-than-easy to email a web site to a friend. I like Google Reader for the same reason, but Diigo out-shines even Google Reader. Highlight the text on a page that you want your friend to see and that text will be included when you email the page to them. Eliminates the "Huh? Why did she send me this link?" problem.

Highlighted by maggie_diigo

I generally shy away from using any service that requires me to download a tool bar, but the Diigo tool bar earned its keep quickly. The tool bar not only provides quick access to your Diigo dashboard, bookmarks, lists, groups, and contacts, but also makes for easy bookmarking, highlighting, commenting, and sending.

Highlighted by maggie_diigo

Diigo caches the pages you bookmark so you'll always be able to view the page, even if the original site goes down

Highlighted by chr15t14n

It's been called a supercharged social networking tool, a cut above del.icio.us, and "Diigo" has even been used as a verb. Even though I know I haven't discovered all the features, it's changed the way I interact with web pages.

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