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Brilliant indeed! I'd been a fan of Maciej's writing and I was somewhat aware of pinboard, but never bothered to sign up. But after following this highly entert

by mercer 11y ago

Brilliant indeed! I'd been a fan of Maciej's writing and I was somewhat aware of pinboard, but never bothered to sign up. But after following this highly entertaining and, IMO, worthwhile situation, and after reading tptacek's endorsement [1], I immediately got a 'premium' archive account. I'm probably not the only one... I do wish there was a demo version or free trial though. I think many people I knew would be happy paying users, but there's no way I can convince them to get an account if they can't try it out first. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11442595 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11442595

tptacek 11y ago
The premium archive accounts do full-text search of PDFs! If you bookmark lots of papers, this is incredibly useful. I have Pinboard set up as a search engine shortcut in my browser, so I type "pin isogeny" in my URL bar, I get a list of papers about curve isogenies. It's pretty great. There are probably just a couple features Pinboard would need to be a pretty useful collaborative research tool.
- kkl 11y ago
  You just sold me on a Pinboard account. That is great.
- dctoedt 11y ago
  Thomas -- any thoughts on Pinboard vs. Evernote or Pocket, both of which I've used for quite awhile? (My Google-search results didn't seem especially helpful.)
  - tptacek 11y ago
    I don't use Pocket or know much about it. I have an Evernote account, which I use as a replacement for the OS X Notes app. Evernote is not especially convenient as a bookmark manager. Pinboard is extremely inexpensive and very good at doing the one thing that it is good at and then just getting out of the way. It's fast, and it's always just hanging around as a browser bookmarklet. If you're used to things like Evernote with a lot of fit and finish polish, you're going to be a little shocked by Pinboard. If you stick with it a couple days, though, you're probably going to end up appreciating Pinboard's design.
- mercer 11y ago
  Oh, the full-text pdf search is a nice surprise! I might finally be able to ditch Devonthink!

by mercer 11y ago

tptacek 11y ago

The premium archive accounts do full-text search of PDFs! If you bookmark lots of papers, this is incredibly useful. I have Pinboard set up as a search engine shortcut in my browser, so I type "pin isogeny" in my URL bar, I get a list of papers about curve isogenies. It's pretty great. There are probably just a couple features Pinboard would need to be a pretty useful collaborative research tool.

kkl 11y ago
You just sold me on a Pinboard account. That is great.
dctoedt 11y ago
Thomas -- any thoughts on Pinboard vs. Evernote or Pocket, both of which I've used for quite awhile? (My Google-search results didn't seem especially helpful.)
- tptacek 11y ago
  I don't use Pocket or know much about it. I have an Evernote account, which I use as a replacement for the OS X Notes app. Evernote is not especially convenient as a bookmark manager. Pinboard is extremely inexpensive and very good at doing the one thing that it is good at and then just getting out of the way. It's fast, and it's always just hanging around as a browser bookmarklet. If you're used to things like Evernote with a lot of fit and finish polish, you're going to be a little shocked by Pinboard. If you stick with it a couple days, though, you're probably going to end up appreciating Pinboard's design.
mercer 11y ago
Oh, the full-text pdf search is a nice surprise! I might finally be able to ditch Devonthink!