← Quora archive  ·  2010 Dec 16, 2010 04:19 PM PST

Question

What is a good replacement for the “del.icio.us” bookmarks service?

Answer

Late to the party here, but if you want a power-tool upgrade, go with http://trailmeme.com ... it's a service offered by Xerox. I started the project and run it, so I am biased, but it really is the best place for you to go from Delicious.

Main advantage: you can arrange your bookmarks in arbitrary visual maps, interconnected in any way you like, that makes sense to you. Here's an example of a set of websites of museums in the northeast, arranged kinda the way they are geographically :)

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When you double click on any item, you get a nice framed navigation. There's also a bookmarklet and a Firefox toolbar for your ongoing bookmarking++ pleasure.

Here are a few more examples:

http://trailmeme.com/trails/Wiki...

http://trailmeme.com/trails/Stux...

To jump ship to trailmeme, do the following:

  1. Got to Settings in your Delicious account
  2. Go to export/backup
  3. Either export the whole thing or the tags you want to keep
  4. Go to http://trailmeme.com and sign up
  5. Go to Blaze > Advanced Create & Edit
  6. Click on "Import Markers"
  7. Browse and find your exported file, and hit 'Add Markers to List'
  8. Done!

You can then proceed to create maps out of the raw material.

Make it your new year's resolution to get better organized. Use this move as a chance to upgrade your information processing systems, battle information overload, cure cancer, etc.

Feel free to message me if you need help.

A blog post with more detail: http://blog.trailmeme.com/2010/1...