09 10 19
I posted earlier on the power of shares (outsourced) bookmark repositories.
At Muldis, we've got Sharepoint. I also use del.icio.us. I no longer use tools myself to keep things synched over multiple PC's / browsers.
I just wanted to point out that since late 2009, Chrome (Google's browser, the hottest techy browser out there) also syncs.
09 05 06
If you're like me, you're on (many) different computers all the time, using multiple browsers, often searching for solutions that are already on the internet (no need to re-invent the wheel). You'd love to have all these bookmarks accessible and searchable. Also, if you're an organisation that would like have all user's bookmark in a central repository, you could use this method as well.
"I know I saw that somewhere, even bookmarked it, but where was it again...?"
Today I decided to do something about this. So can you. How?
- Pick an online, searchable, bookmark repository that allows tagging AND private bookmarks AND bulk upload. I chose del.icio.us .
- Optionally, but with high convenience: Get Transmute. Transmute is a free bookmark converter / exporter. From your least-used browsers, export all your bookmarks to your most-used browser (if it supports a bulk output that your choice in step 1 supports). This will give you the side-benefit of having all your bookmarks in your most-used browser as well. (If you don't want an additional tool, you can just use the bulk exports of all browsers you use.)
- Run the bulk upload (to choice #1) of your bulk export (#2). If your choice at #1 offers a login that multiple users in your organisation know and can use, you can bulk-upload the bookmarks of multiple users and thus have a group wide bookmark repositry.
- Repeat steps 2 and 3 for all systems you're on.
Happy centralized bookmarking!
Edit/Update: I was tipped about Xmarks just now. Seems a good tool as well, but as I use Chrome and Opera (desktop and mobile) a lot, I'd have to wait until those browsers are in their scope.