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Posted by Daly de Gagne
Oct 20, 2008 at 02:16 PM
Stephen, I am not sure how to describe the Twine pages, other than saying each major topic area (or twine) provides a list of all material sent to that particular twine. You can also search across all public twines using tags or key words.
What I have found interesting is that the Twine members include a diverse range of interests, and many of the members are from outside North America.
The best thing, I think, is to try Twine and see if it is something you’d find useful and/or fun to use - I find it is both fun and useful.
I find Twine is more sophisticated and better thought out than Freebase.
Stephen R. Diamond wrote:
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>Well, if it’s not an outline interface, what is it?
>Something like The Brain?
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Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Aug 18, 2013 at 09:17 PM
Now that Twine is long gone and (almost) forgotten, people interested in organised knowledge sharing might want to try out Pearltrees http://pearltrees.com
As usual with such free offerings, don’t expect any guarantees that it will be around in a couple of years from now. That said, I’m a sucker for tree-like organisation.
Posted by Daly de Gagne
Aug 21, 2013 at 02:07 PM
Alexander, I just looked at Pearltrees, and very quickly opened an account, so I’ve only spent a few minutes with it.
However, I’m curious to know how you think it compares to Digg, Stumbeupon, Chimein, and other similar programs.
Thanks.
Daly
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Aug 24, 2013 at 03:45 PM
My experience with Pearltrees is minimal at the moment, but I would differentiate it from the likes of Digg and Stumbleupon (I have never used Chimein) which focus on rating/commenting single websites/pages, and classifying them with tags as a sidejob. If I understand the concept behind Pearltrees, it is to organise web findings within a broader context, visually/hierarchically. Thus appeals to me, though I admit it will be a while before I have the time to invest in trying it out extensively.