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I can now easily locate websites using Social Bookmarking with Diigo. I work on my computer a lot, as I'm certain many of you do as well. I wear many hats and they all involve time on the computer. In the past year I have been an Arbonne Independent Consultant, Library Media Specialist, Graduate Student, Mom, Partner, Daughter, Friend and PTA President. I have several websites which I use every day and many more I want to remember for repeat or future use.
Whether placing an order for Arbonne, checking the swim meet schedule or reading the PTA emails, I visit a lot of sites daily. I have 6 email accounts. Our family has 5 computers and I use a desktop at the school where I work. With the addition of new sites I've been introduced to and I'm now using for this course, I was feeling overloaded, unorganized and frustrated when I would forget how to access a site and would have to search through stacks of papers to locate a URL address. I needed a quick easy way to get to the sites I need from any computer I'm using.
The solution is social bookmarking and I can easily link from Diigo to any site I want. By using tags, I have organized the sites so that I can easily find them. I have a lot more bookmarking and annotating to do, but it is an easy process and I will continue to add to Diigo as I use or discover new sites. The next challenge for me is figuring out how to keep track of all of my login ID's, usernames and passwords.
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Cheri,
ReplyDeleteI feel your pain with being overloaded! I now have four email accounts, three computers, and my iphone (which when did the switch happen that just because someone calls you, you HAVE to answer...it wasn't that way with landlines...anyway I digress). Although my iphone has helped me stay on top of things, it super hectic. Also, in our school, at the end of the year our Favorites Folder gets deleted! Therefore, all of the great websites that you've saved throughout the year are now lost! Anyway, my point was that Diigo is GREAT! No one except me can touch it and I can find and save websites ANYWHERE! So the point of this comment was to share in your excitement.
I know how you feel @marg299! I just bought a blackberry, and it is good and bad all at the same time! Too much connectedness may not be a good thing. I know everytime I get an email, update, text, facebook comment, etc.. Yikes.. too much!
ReplyDeleteYES! To both of you on the Diigo.. LOVE it. I can't live without it. Try making some lists and join in some groups. The updates come to you via email each week from the groups and it is like an instant RSS feed directly to you, but from all of the people who are members of the group. It is wonderful. Pick and choose what you want to use. So cool!