Manage your Bookmarks: furl.net

ignatz · 03-17-2004, 12:55 PM

Discovered a bit by accident, check out www.furl.net. It is a web-based "filing cabinet" for links. A little odd, as at first I thought, "Why is this any better than bookmarks?" But it's power is in storing stories that you're interested in. For example, I have a bookmark for the New York Times, but I don't bookmark every story that I'm interested in to reference later. But that's just what Furl is designed to do. If it's interesting, grab it, and later you can find it in your archive. Plus it's designed for sharing, and can RSS feed your latest grabs. If you and your friends are constantly trading links, this could be a cool tool. It's also just one line of java to reference your archive on a web page, so that it shows up the last number of entries there.

Curious to hear other folks' take on this. Seems like an interesting service. Wonder if it will last...

TadW · 03-18-2004, 02:33 AM

Sounds great!

Since I am using MyIE2 as a IE-browser replacement, it took me a while to figure out how to install the Furl Button:

- Go to the Furl web site
- Right click on the Furl It link on the right side of the page
- Select "Add to Favorites"
- If a security alert pops up, click on the "Yes" button
- Add the link to the main Favorites folder

The new link should appear on the Favorites toolbar. Click on that link when you want to use Furl.

Thanks again for the tip, ignatz!

ignatz · 03-21-2004, 11:00 AM

I also see spurl.net, which seems to do the same thing. Not sure what's the deal, if these are competing sites with the same tech, or what? Any insights?

Colin Dunstan · 05-14-2004, 02:55 PM

Hey ignatz, thanks for mentioning Furl.net. Its a great free service for every hardcore net junkie - well, I am using it almost every day.

I also had a look at Spurl.net and it appears to me that the two are virtually identical. Spurl.net looks somewhat prettier, but no reason for me to switch over from Furl.net.

ignatz · 05-15-2004, 12:55 PM

Hey Morpheus, what's your name on Furl? I'd like to subscribe to your list. Mine is ignatz, big surprise...

I use it like crazy too. Mostly I use it for reference, saving links that I know that I'll want later to software or other useful types of pages... It's a great service, esp. for free.

Colin Dunstan · 05-16-2004, 05:21 AM

Actually, I have my Furl.net settings so that all added channels are marked private. This way I don't have to bother about which channels I want to share and which not.

Aren't you concerned about privacy issues?

ignatz · 05-16-2004, 05:00 PM

No, I'm really more interested in propagating ideas. I've tried to encourage some friends to use Furl, and also to follow my list, as an alternative way to follow trains of thought and web explorations, but that hasn't happened. I don't feel that I'm revealing all that much through my list. Is there anything I should be concerned about that I'm not thinking of?

Colin Dunstan · 05-17-2004, 02:51 PM

I am just in general hesitant to revealing too much information on the Net about myself or my serving habits without knowing who is going to collect that information afterwards. Most probably there is nothing wrong with posting your 'furls' to the public; for my purposes though there is also nothing wrong with keeping them private :P

Alexander Turcic · 06-12-2004, 04:29 AM

Found another similar free service today:

http://feedmelinks.com/portal

"Feed Me Links keeps your bookmarks so you can use them on any computer or browser. Share folders of links (example) via email, super-compact URLs, and XML/RSS, spy on your friends' links, subscribe to favorite folders, stay on top of recent links, baffle your dog, see the two-headed fish boy!!!"

cactusjack · 06-16-2004, 07:00 AM

What can I say but thanks for this resource guys. It is gonna be invaluable. As a sometimes on the road techie without a laptop it will be great to have the ability to access my bookmaks from any net enabled PC

doctorow · 06-16-2004, 07:53 AM

Totally agree! Furl.net has become an neccessity for me almost as important as my daily e-mails.

ignatz · 06-16-2004, 08:02 AM

Hey ya'll, glad to hear there are others who are as enamoured of it as me. I use it mostly for tracking computer related issues, but I'm trying to train myself to furl interesting news and articles as well. I would love to see what you guys are doing, if you have public listings. My username there is ignatz. You can search and readily find my listings.

Alexander Turcic · 06-22-2004, 05:43 AM

And another Furl-clone service:
http://www.simpy.com/simpy/Splash.do

Colin Dunstan · 09-23-2004, 07:53 AM

Perhaps it is of interest to the one or other: Furl.net by Mike Giles has been acquired by Looksmart today. According to Looksmart, Furl will remain a free service, though it plans to incorporate targeted contextual ads into furled content.

ignatz · 09-23-2004, 09:28 AM

I see that I never mentioned in this thread, but I wound up ditching furl.net for spurl.net. Their browser integration is much better and their service is generally technically superior.

03-17-2004, 12:55 PM	#1
ignatz mechanoholic Posts: 582 Karma: 1000217 Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Sarasota, FL Device: Nook STR/iPhone 4S/EVO 4G	Manage your Bookmarks: furl.net Discovered a bit by accident, check out www.furl.net. It is a web-based "filing cabinet" for links. A little odd, as at first I thought, "Why is this any better than bookmarks?" But it's power is in storing stories that you're interested in. For example, I have a bookmark for the New York Times, but I don't bookmark every story that I'm interested in to reference later. But that's just what Furl is designed to do. If it's interesting, grab it, and later you can find it in your archive. Plus it's designed for sharing, and can RSS feed your latest grabs. If you and your friends are constantly trading links, this could be a cool tool. It's also just one line of java to reference your archive on a web page, so that it shows up the last number of entries there. Curious to hear other folks' take on this. Seems like an interesting service. Wonder if it will last...

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03-18-2004, 02:33 AM	#2
TadW Uebermensch Posts: 2,583 Karma: 1094606 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Italy Device: Kindle	Sounds great! Since I am using MyIE2 as a IE-browser replacement, it took me a while to figure out how to install the Furl Button: - Go to the Furl web site - Right click on the Furl It link on the right side of the page - Select "Add to Favorites" - If a security alert pops up, click on the "Yes" button - Add the link to the main Favorites folder The new link should appear on the Favorites toolbar. Click on that link when you want to use Furl. Thanks again for the tip, ignatz!

03-21-2004, 11:00 AM	#3
ignatz mechanoholic Posts: 582 Karma: 1000217 Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Sarasota, FL Device: Nook STR/iPhone 4S/EVO 4G	I also see spurl.net, which seems to do the same thing. Not sure what's the deal, if these are competing sites with the same tech, or what? Any insights?

05-14-2004, 02:55 PM	#4
Colin Dunstan Is papyrophobic! Posts: 1,926 Karma: 1009999 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: USA Device: Dell Axim	Hey ignatz, thanks for mentioning Furl.net. Its a great free service for every hardcore net junkie - well, I am using it almost every day. I also had a look at Spurl.net and it appears to me that the two are virtually identical. Spurl.net looks somewhat prettier, but no reason for me to switch over from Furl.net.

05-15-2004, 12:55 PM	#5
ignatz mechanoholic Posts: 582 Karma: 1000217 Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Sarasota, FL Device: Nook STR/iPhone 4S/EVO 4G	Hey Morpheus, what's your name on Furl? I'd like to subscribe to your list. Mine is ignatz, big surprise... I use it like crazy too. Mostly I use it for reference, saving links that I know that I'll want later to software or other useful types of pages... It's a great service, esp. for free.

05-16-2004, 05:21 AM	#6
Colin Dunstan Is papyrophobic! Posts: 1,926 Karma: 1009999 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: USA Device: Dell Axim	Actually, I have my Furl.net settings so that all added channels are marked private. This way I don't have to bother about which channels I want to share and which not. Aren't you concerned about privacy issues?

05-16-2004, 05:00 PM	#7
ignatz mechanoholic Posts: 582 Karma: 1000217 Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Sarasota, FL Device: Nook STR/iPhone 4S/EVO 4G	No, I'm really more interested in propagating ideas. I've tried to encourage some friends to use Furl, and also to follow my list, as an alternative way to follow trains of thought and web explorations, but that hasn't happened. I don't feel that I'm revealing all that much through my list. Is there anything I should be concerned about that I'm not thinking of?

05-17-2004, 02:51 PM	#8
Colin Dunstan Is papyrophobic! Posts: 1,926 Karma: 1009999 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: USA Device: Dell Axim	I am just in general hesitant to revealing too much information on the Net about myself or my serving habits without knowing who is going to collect that information afterwards. Most probably there is nothing wrong with posting your 'furls' to the public; for my purposes though there is also nothing wrong with keeping them private :P

06-12-2004, 04:29 AM	#9
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,163 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	Found another similar free service today: http://feedmelinks.com/portal "Feed Me Links keeps your bookmarks so you can use them on any computer or browser. Share folders of links (example) via email, super-compact URLs, and XML/RSS, spy on your friends' links, subscribe to favorite folders, stay on top of recent links, baffle your dog, see the two-headed fish boy!!!"

06-16-2004, 07:00 AM	#10
cactusjack Member Posts: 18 Karma: 19436 Join Date: Mar 2003 Device: TT	What can I say but thanks for this resource guys. It is gonna be invaluable. As a sometimes on the road techie without a laptop it will be great to have the ability to access my bookmaks from any net enabled PC

06-16-2004, 07:53 AM	#11
doctorow Guru Posts: 914 Karma: 3410461 Join Date: May 2004 Device: Kindle Touch	Totally agree! Furl.net has become an neccessity for me almost as important as my daily e-mails.

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06-16-2004, 08:02 AM	#12
ignatz mechanoholic Posts: 582 Karma: 1000217 Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Sarasota, FL Device: Nook STR/iPhone 4S/EVO 4G	Hey ya'll, glad to hear there are others who are as enamoured of it as me. I use it mostly for tracking computer related issues, but I'm trying to train myself to furl interesting news and articles as well. I would love to see what you guys are doing, if you have public listings. My username there is ignatz. You can search and readily find my listings.

06-22-2004, 05:43 AM	#13
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,163 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	And another Furl-clone service: http://www.simpy.com/simpy/Splash.do

09-23-2004, 07:53 AM	#14
Colin Dunstan Is papyrophobic! Posts: 1,926 Karma: 1009999 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: USA Device: Dell Axim	Perhaps it is of interest to the one or other: Furl.net by Mike Giles has been acquired by Looksmart today. According to Looksmart, Furl will remain a free service, though it plans to incorporate targeted contextual ads into furled content.

09-23-2004, 09:28 AM	#15
ignatz mechanoholic Posts: 582 Karma: 1000217 Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Sarasota, FL Device: Nook STR/iPhone 4S/EVO 4G	I see that I never mentioned in this thread, but I wound up ditching furl.net for spurl.net. Their browser integration is much better and their service is generally technically superior.