document updated 18 years ago, on Nov 10, 2007
==== Implementation started? ====
http://paperlined.org/socialbookmark/
==== Basic premise ====
produce a page that's a combination of:
- http://all.reddit.com/user/interiot/saved (oh, crap, that went away in the last rewrite... okay, see this instead: http://reddit.com/info/7pit/comments)
- the links that I end up recommending to friends/family
(eg. it's not supposed to be the random crud I come across minute-by-minute, it's supposed to be more polished than that)
==== Background ====
digg/reddit/stumble are cool. However, they don't provide enough functionality. For the longest
time (like... before Slashdot was around), I've wanted this sort of system. And I wanted to have a
central area for MY own content, customized to the sort of content I'm interested in.
(and independent of whatever the hottest-community-site-of-the-day is, since that will always change)
(no, really, I actually was trying to figure out Digg and AJAX before they were actually
developed... okay, I didn't stick to it long enough to figure it out, but still, I knew it
was needed)
==== Input form ====
When I click on the bookmarklet to add a link, it should give me these options:
- this is a link that I don't have time to read / can't watch video in office / can't look at
porn at office (whatever), so put it on the "look at at the next available chance" [yes/no]
- I viewed most of the content, and this is something I really should look into more in the
future, but it will:
- take a lot of time to read
- take some time to install
- take time to tinker with and learn...
so put it on the "stuff to digest later" list [yes/no]
- this is good enough to publish on my public list [yes/no]
- with an optional message? [textbox]
- this link is of general interest to my friends/family... put this on the "stuff to foist on
my friends if they're ever bored" list [yes/no]
- none of the above; however, this is something I'll want to review if I visit this specific
topic again (eg. it's great documentation, reference, set of examples, or whatnot) [yes/no]
==== Output format ====
Or, just do a sort of super-succinct blog like scripting.com, or fark.com?
[yes! this is exactly how I want to do it... the goal is to 1) in as short of time as
possible, convince someone that this is a link worth reading (or make it easy to skip if
it's a subject they're not interested in, and 2) make it easy to search back through the
archives, and dig up a link I barely remember]
As a bonus, make a list of specific sites that I spend a ton of time at (eg. slashdot, reddit,
pandora, wikipedia, wikimaps, etc etc etc...). Then create a Firefox plugin that tracks my time at
each, and then displays a graph on the paperlined.org homepage, that
Also, at least make minimal provisions for an .RSS feed of the links... in case someone actually
thinks what I say is useful enough to follow it.