Solo Technology

Yesterday I put up a post mentioning that I finally got around to giving del.icio.us a shot. One of the comments I received on that post was from a guy who runs a competitor: Simpy. So I gave it a shot tonight.
Mixed impression.

Interface? Worlds better than delicious’s. Easier on the eyes for sure.

I really liked the notion of his del.icio.us importer. What an awesome idea for growth! I mean heck, if you’re going to search the blogosphere for posts about the competition, it sure doesn’t hurt to be able to take their imports. Great idea. He also offers exports — another nice feature.
It seems to have worked. Kinda? I see all my tags have definitely moved over. And I’m a complete sucker for a nice tag cloud. Love that. Gotta do that for my blog some day! But yet, my links (guessing on that url, he’s doing maintenance) don’t show the imported stuff. Maybe I’m not being patient enough. I’ll check back in the morning and see what happens. Or maybe I started this as they were starting maintenance? Maybe I should mention I have no patience…

Peter mentioned Furl in a comment, so I reckon I’ll be trying that one soon too.

2 Responses to “Social Bookmarking, part deux: Simpy”

1. Otis Gospodnetic on January 16th, 2006 11:22 pm
   

   Hi,
   Sorry about the trouble with Simpy. I think by now you got my email and see your links again. The new release had a small bug that was hiding links that were added. It’s all fixed now. As for Furl, see my comments there.

2. Mike on January 17th, 2006 9:22 pm
   

   Since you are just getting into the world of social bookmarking, may I suggest http://www.blinklist.com? Something tells me that it might become your preferred social / online bookmarking site. It’s easy to start, just import your links from del.icio.us or from your browser. If you do check out our site, I would love to hear your thoughts. Since you are also a sucker for a nice tag cloud, you are sure going to love the cloud that you get on your new BlinkList account. Mike

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