I have
never used social bookmarking before but I think it is an interesting topic –especially
the fact that Diigo in particularly saves everything to a cloud server which
seem to be gaining popularity these past few years. The type of sites that I
bookmarked besides the one from the University of North Carolina was
specifically the Huffington Post. I get a lot of my news information from the
HP and sometimes I find it hard to relocate specific information that I like or
find interesting because the site is updated so frequently. For this instance I
both highlighted info that I found interesting as well as trying my hand at
annotating. However, one thing that I found rather annoying is that any
sticky-note that I write is only private meaning I am the only one to access
it. Therefore, I can’t really share a comment with other people.
Overall, I
think that a Diigo account could help with my studies in college because I could
focus my energy on highlighting information online rather than transcribing it
in a notebook or word processing program. By using this method, a lot of time
can be saved and I could possibly even be more productive in research and paper
writing. I would go as far as to say that is would even be more useful in
other, more research intensive classes due to the fact that so much info can be
stored and saved quite effortlessly.
In terms
of professional use for Diigo, the application of it can be endless. I think I would
find it to be quite useful when working in groups or small teams –especially due
to the collaborative nature of many jobs today. For example, I can find a piece
of useful information and instead of copying the link or taking notes myself
and emailing it to co-workers, I can just use Diigo and share it effortlessly.
This seems to be the next step in social media and social utility and I am
excited to see where it goes.
Here’s a
link to my Diigo library
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