Around 2 years ago I wanted to learn node.js and Backbone, and did so by building a site called Bookmarkly [1] one weekend. It's pinterest-style grid of images

Around 2 years ago I wanted to learn node.js and Backbone, and did so by building a site called Bookmarkly [1] one weekend. It's pinterest-style grid of images for bookmarks, where the images are screenshots of the sites. It supports tags and search and is extremely fast at using either to find a bookmark. I was really more interested in learning the code than the details of what I was building, but it turned out nice enough that I keep my bookmarks in it. It's also open source, and you can easily host it yourself. [2] Which is highly recommended if you're interested, since the server crashes some times and I might not notice for hours or until someone e-mails me. The site itself is really just a demo of the code. The repo's missing one element though, which is a screenshot generation service, because I honestly don't remember the steps I went through to get PhantomJS (headless webkit) working. Maybe it'll help someone interested in making their own bookmarking service anyway. 1: http://www.bookmarkly.com http://www.bookmarkly.com 2: https://github.com/dangrossman/Bookmarkly https://github.com/dangrossman/Bookmarkly