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September 20, 2011, 11:00 am

Sharing and More with the Diigo Browser for the iPad

By Mark Sample

Icon for the Diigo Browser for the iPadLast month senior Chronicle reporter Jennifer Howard wondered on Twitter about the best way to share a link from within the built-in iPad web browser. ProfHacker‘s own Jason Jones responded that an upcoming version of iOS would include a “tweet this link” function. Then I joined the conversation by noting that the free Diigo Browser app already has this feature. And, it turns out, many others that are worth sharing on ProfHacker.

First of all, let’s talk about the sharing. From the share button on the top Diigo Browser toolbar, you can instantly send a link to your Diigo bookmarks (of course), but also to Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Evernote, Instapaper, and Read It Later—in short, to just about any social network you want. Try doing that with the current version of the Safari iPad browser (you can, actually, but it requires Javascript bookmarklets, which are a pain to set up).

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April 5, 2011, 8:00 am

Keeping Bookmarks and Annotations Handy with the Diigo iPad App

By Mark Sample

Diigo iPad AppIn the past few weeks I’ve been writing about various ways to interact with the social bookmarking service Diigo. Last week I highlighted Diigo’s Power Note app for Android, and before that, Diigo’s Web Highlighter annotation and bookmarking tool for the iPad.

Here’s one more tool to complete the Diigo suite: it’s Diigo for the iPad. Unlike the Web Highlighter, which is a Javascript bookmarklet you install in Safari, the iPad app is a standalone program. You can’t add bookmarks from it or create notes with it; rather, it’s a frontend to all of your existing content already on Diigo. You can browse your bookmarks, edit their tags, and view your annotations. And of course, clicking on any of your bookmarks in the Diigo app will open them in the iPad’s browser. If you’ve invested energy in the Diigo ecosystem, this app is something you’ll want to have.

One thing I haven’t discussed…

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March 29, 2011, 11:00 am

Diigo’s Android Power Note App

By Mark Sample

Diigo's Power Note App for AndroidTwo weeks ago I described the Diigo bookmarklet that lets you annotate websites directly within the iPad’s browser. Android users will be happy to know that Diigo also has an Android app called Power Note.

Power Note is full-featured note-taking tool for Android, similar to EverNote or Catch (formerly known as 3Banana). Like these other apps, Power Note lets you save text notes, voice recordings, and snapshots.

Where Power Note distinguishes itself is its integration with Diigo. Any notes, recordings, or snapshots you take will automatically sync with your Diigo account, so they’re accessible from any browser. You can also quickly view your saved Diigo bookmarks and annotations from within Power Note. And of course you can use Power Note to bookmark pages from within your Android browser.

All-in-all, if you’re a Diigo fan and have an Android phone (or tablet), there’s no reason …

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March 16, 2011, 3:00 pm

Annotating the Web with Diigo on the iPad

By Mark Sample

Marginalia in Old BookWhen Yahoo announced the sunsetting of Delicious (which has since been indefinitely deferred), one of the social bookmarking tools I explored as an alternative was Diigo. I ultimately decided Diigo was too feature-rich for quick-and-easy, down-and-dirty bookmarking. But I have discovered another use for Diigo: annotating websites on the iPad.

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January 17, 2011, 8:00 am

Alternatives to Delicious

By Mark Sample

A beautiful bookmarkLast month Yahoo announced that it would be “sunsetting” Delicious, the social bookmarking service that many ProfHacker readers use for research, teaching, and collaboration. “Sunsetting” was taken to be an industry euphemism for “killing off,” although the Delicious team announced the following day that they were “not shutting down Delicious.” Rather, Yahoo is looking for a third-party to buy Delicious, which ideally, would continue to operate without any interruption in service. The Delicious developers ended their announcement by saying “there’s no reason to panic,” which of course meant that everyone panicked.

The rush on exporting bookmarks from Delicious was nothing less than a bank run, but unlike many banks, Delicious is still standing a month later. Still, it’s conceivable that at some point in the future Delicious as we know it may change. If that happens, what alternative…

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