sean.blog

It is no secret that I am a bit of a bookmarking nut.  I have the crazy idea that I can catalog all of my favorite web sites (and web sites about everything I use, own or do) in a way that is perfect for me.

I try out pretty much every bookmarking service I can find. I try to make tools that are not really meant for bookmarking work (like Gmail and Windows Vista).  There are a lot of great options out there, but I realized today that none of them have a feature that I think could be the killer feature for bookmarking.

I just bookmarked the site of an upcoming roleplaying game.  It will be released in February.  The game is not from a major publisher, so it is possible I will miss news of the release when it comes out.  What would make the bookmark super useful is if it would remind me when the game is released.  I will likely bookmark a 100 or more items between now and then, and having this bookmark bubble back up to the top would be very useful.

I would love to see a Today’s Bookmarks feature on the bookmarking sites.  I think this would be a very cool Pro feature on Ma.gnolia.  This feature would allow me to setup a reoccurrence or a specific date for a bookmark to be added to the Today’s Bookmarks list.  I could set bookmarks up to appear daily, or weekly, or a specific date.  When I look at my bookmarks I would see the ones that meet that requirement today.  I might take this a step further.  If I have a bookmark that I want to see once a week.  I create it on a Tuesday.  The following Tuesday it shows up in my Today’s Bookmarks List.  I don’t get a chance to review it till Thursday.  As soon as I click on it, my bookmark service resets the bookmark to show up the next Thursday.

I know that I have collected over 3000 bookmarks.  With this many it is hard to remember to revisit the ones that are most important to me.  I think this feature, or something similar, would make bookmarks even more useful.