diigo v3 review

Despite my best efforts, my bookmarks had gotten out of control. Something had to be done.

That’s when I came across my new favorite tool. It’s called Diigo, and I use it every day. Diigo allows you to highlight and save blog articles. Pre-Diigo, I would bookmark an article, and when I wanted to reference it, I would have to read the entire article again to get to the part I wanted. Now I highlight and bookmark the article, and when I want to access that information, I go straight to what I need. Diigo even allows you to put sticky notes directly onto blog posts and articles. You can add your own comments so that you know why the heck you saved and highlighted the article in the first place. The highlight and annotate options are particularly helpful if you do research prior to writing articles.

Yes, Diigo is far more useful than even I realized. I don’t usually rant over startups any more, but the best should get recognition.

Always,

Phil

Nice intro, Phil!

Just checked out their site, and I think Diigo organizes things in a much more elegant way and at the same time does more for users than most average social site by aggregating and utilizing information from everyone by everyone for everyone.

Rock on, Diigo!

Hi guys, thanks! Well, Diigo has really sold itself and has not been overly hyped by blogdom. I became aware of them after reviewing their beta some time back. A truly excellent startup, I use it all the time too.

Always,

Phil

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This is a great and appropriate review of something that actually helps people! Diigo is actually much more than a bookmarking tool - it is a fantastic research tool and great for hooking up with people who are working on similar tasks.

Always,

Phil

For a great overview, see Social Bookmarking 2.0 — Diigo sets the standard for others to follow (bub.licio.us). That entry gives you the nuts-and-bolts of what Diigo does.

An aspect I really appreciate (which isn’t stressed in the bub.licio.us article) is the control users have over whether or not to make a bookmark public, keep it private, or share it with others to a group. Another great feature is that users can make their annotations (the “sticky” notes) public, private, or shared to a group — and these settings are easy to change within a single bookmark, too.

So, some key points about Diigo 3:

1. Easy to share annotations on certain websites; useful for collaboration


2. Improved social features


3. WebSlide browse through websites based on screenshots.


4. Clipmarks is like cutting something out of a paper; Diigo is highlighting something out of one and annotating it!