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It's great to see ideas on improving something like Pinboard - but I don't think this service is for me. A bookmarking service is just a digital version of my p

It's great to see ideas on improving something like Pinboard - but I don't think this service is for me. A bookmarking service is just a digital version of my personal bookshelves. Although I often try to organize books in order of priority - I ultimately have come to realize that I prefer a big bucket that I can dip into. I've also gotten much better at looking through my old bookmarks to rediscover good stuff. And cultivating that discipline within is more valuable to me than farming the discipline out to a computer to nag me about. I realize I am portraying the system in a negative light - but I am tired of being surrounded by automated systems, notifications, reminders and such. I wouldn't be surprised if most people would find this system helpful and very useful. I do believe that as we build massive personal information 'stores' that we are going to continue to need new tools and better archival/navigation skills - this might be part of that, I'm just not on board yet.

lewisjoe 7y ago
Your point is completely valid. I wish I have that discipline to go over my bookmarks and read interesting items. Most times, I head over to HN and pick up more items for my reading-list than to go over my bookmarks. This project should be helpful to people who aren't used to go over bookmarked links periodically unless encouraged to.
- kickscondor 7y ago
  Absolutely - and I do hope that this project can help you achieve your aim! If you can do that and help others as well - then this will all be _very_ worthwhile. For myself, I feel like I get too caught up in solving my problems technologically, when the problems are human. Curating my links was very repellant at first, but has now become a favorite past time now that I feel some competence. But good luck to you - we are all different, with very different motivations and struggles.

lewisjoe 7y ago

Your point is completely valid. I wish I have that discipline to go over my bookmarks and read interesting items. Most times, I head over to HN and pick up more items for my reading-list than to go over my bookmarks. This project should be helpful to people who aren't used to go over bookmarked links periodically unless encouraged to.

kickscondor 7y ago
Absolutely - and I do hope that this project can help you achieve your aim! If you can do that and help others as well - then this will all be _very_ worthwhile. For myself, I feel like I get too caught up in solving my problems technologically, when the problems are human. Curating my links was very repellant at first, but has now become a favorite past time now that I feel some competence. But good luck to you - we are all different, with very different motivations and struggles.