A better way to remember your online research
April 15th, 2007 · No Comments
How often have you found yourself scouring the web for information on a specific topic only to forget which websites you’ve visited and what information was valuable?
That’s where I find myself a lot of times when I do online research. Whether that’s compiling a list of pros/cons for all the content management solutions out there to gathering data to write a paper, inevitably I forget something.
You know how it is, you sit there and you scratch your head knowing there’s a reason you came to the conclusion you did, but can’t remember what it was.
To everyone out there like feels my pain, I want to introduce you to Diigo. Here’s a brief rundown of what it does (as it relates to online research).
Highlights text on web pages to make them stand out.
Add comments to highlighted text or to the web page overall.
Provides a central location to view all your highlights and/or comments.
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