A failure to organize
Well, web bookmarks, by themselves, are just not good enough. Sitebar (www.sitebar.org) created a nice product, but even when it was fully working with the latest browsers, it was already obsolete.
The problem is that there are only a few sites that you start from, and even most of those had better be reachable via Google, or you’re toast, seeing as how you’ve somehow not got your very latest synch-ed up version of bookmarks that you created last night; this is pretty much true at any given time.
EverNote is one answer (www.evernote.com). There are many competitors, which shows how important this is becoming. I’ve actually sent them money for their commercial version, which synches to a USB ram drive, or perhaps your PDA (when treated, rather rudely, as a mere network drive), without any user intervention required.
The reasons EverNote and similar offerings are the way to go are:
- They are being very actively maintained, and therefore track user trends and fashions. Browsing and bookmarking using an antiquated system is tedious.
- They allow you to capture context, which makes all the difference in remembering why you even care about the site.
- They are searchable in many ways.