Social Bookmarking Evolution? Is the Folding of Furl into Diigo a Sign of Social Bookmarking Evolution
NEWSFLASH!
Remember the Queen song …. “Another One Bites the Dust” …..
I came across this in a message from a friend (Phillip Skinner) about the integration of FURL into Diigo!
Dear Furl users!
Furl is being absorbed by Diigo and will be phased out. As a result, you can no longer save bookmarks to Furl.
For your convenience, we have made it super easy for you to transfer your data to Diigo and start enjoying Diigo’s powerful social bookmarking and annotation functionality right away.
Go >> Transfer Your Furl Bookmarks to Diigo
To transfer your Furl Bookmarks into Diigo, please enter your Furl username, password into the fields below and click “Submit”.
Transferring your Furl links to Diigo is quick and easy.
* Step 1: Enter your Furl username / password into the fields below, agree to the Diigo Terms of Use, and click “Submit”.
* Step 2: Receive an email with your Diigo username / password, and the link to your Bookmarks page.
* Step 3: Log into Diigo to access all of your Furl links. Install Diigo toolbar or bookmarklet and continue saving.
http://www.diigo.com/import_all/transfer_furl
If you browse or read a lot on the web, we believe you will find Diigo indispensable. Diigo is two services in one — it is a research and collaborative research tool on the one hand, and a knowledge-sharing community and social content site on the other.
A Personal Research Tool
Diigo provides a browser add-on that can really improve your research productivity. As you read on the web, instead of just bookmarking, you can highlight portions of web pages that are of particular interest to you. You can also attach sticky notes to specific parts of web pages.
Unlike most other web “highlighters” that merely clip, Diigo highlights and sticky notes are persistent in the sense that whenever you return to the original web page, you will see your highlights and sticky notes superimposed on the original page, just what you would expect if you highlighted or wrote on a book!
Moreover, all the information — highlighted paragraphs, sticky notes, and the original url — are saved on Diigo servers, creating your personal digest of the web, your own collection of highlights from the web – ones that are meaningful to you! You can easily search, access, sort and share this collection from any PC or even iphone.
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Thanks Phillip!
