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I used to use Google Notebook and Google Reader. I saved many notes and tagged many articles. Google suddenly discontinued both. I am not going to invest any ef
by honzzz 12y ago
I used to use Google Notebook and Google Reader. I saved many notes and tagged many articles. Google suddenly discontinued both. I am not going to invest any effort into learning/using any Google service without some assurance that it is going to be supported at least 5 years.
- eksith 12y agoSame here. Notebook was a like a brain dump for me and it saved my bacon quite a few times while pinning research. In fact, when Pinterest came out, I couldn't help but not the similarities (except, of course, for the glaring differences) Notebook was like textual "pinning". It was interesting to go back and see lines of thought in mid progress. Evernote wasn't quite the same for me.
- rikkus 12y agoYep and I used Google Bookmarks too, so that I could get to them from everywhere, but it was dreadful if you had more than a few tags (massive load of HTML loaded for each tag which made a huge tall page) and was clunky. I've moved to pinboard.in (of course).
- sp332 12y agoIt's just a way to manage your bookmarks, right? You can export and import bookmarks pretty easily, and this doesn't change that.
- CitizenKane 12y agoIt's definitely a concern when using some of the more far flung google products that this can happen. My company is developing a similar product (though it's going to be going beyond what is here). We intend to stay in operation for a very long time! It's a product we need ourselves and we pour our blood, sweat, and tears into it. We're in private beta currently and if you'd like to try you can contact me (info is in my profile)!