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In the previous part you learned how to install web browser buttons to better integrate digi.me into you knowledge gathering process. This part shows you how to start gathering knowledge by bookmarking interesting web resources, and by annotating them. Unlike other social bookmarking systems digi.me strives to help you to organize your knowledge better. We do not want you to simply drop (and loose) your bookmarks. We encourage you to keep the organized and as much annotated as possible. The first step to do so – is to create a hierarchy of folders representing your interests. You can create folders whenever you like by explicitly going to Your Bookmarks page in digi.me or by creating these folders during the bookmarking process. Let’s first see how you can create a folder. The movie below shows you how to create a folder, give it a title and a description, and finally how to use related concepts (from plethora of dictionaries delivered by digi.me) to annotate your folder.
You have probably noticed another difference to other social bookmarking sites: yes, we want you to be precise in the meaning of your annotations and we help you to be so. Why? There are certain goodies delivered in digi.me that help to organize and get the best out of the knowledge you have gathered. The more meaningful annotations you provide the better they will work for you. Once you have create a folder (or more) for your bookmarks you can go off to the Internet and start adding interesting sites. The first way to do that is to use the “Add to bookmarks” button. The movie below shows how to use it. When you click it – you will be transfered to Your Bookmarks page. There you can select one or many folders where this bookmark should be placed, provide your own title for this bookmark, add some textual description and tags (comma or space separated). Once you are done – you can easily go back to the web page you were reading.
And what to do when you have stumbled upon an interesting site, but none of your existing folders fits? The next movie shows you how to create a folder while bookmarking a web site.
In the previous part we have told you we have a solution for the times when you cannot spend time selecting folders, etc. during the bookmarking process. In that case you should use “Drop to inbox” button. The next video shows you how to easily “drop” interesting sites to the special Inbox folder in your bookmarks. It also shows you how you can later organize these bookmarks that ended up in the Inbox.
Finally, what if you would like to point the folder where the site should be bookmarked or add tags without going to the digi.me bookmarking site? The third button, “Tag into Inbox” is the right solution. When you click it, it will bring up a dialog. Simply provide tags (comma or space separated) you would like your bookmark to be tagged with. And if you remember the exact name of the folder add it with d: before the its name; in case the name has more than one words – put it in the quotation marks. The last movie in this tutorial shows you it works.
In this part you have learned how to bookmark and annotate information in digi.me. Following parts will show you what can you do with the collection of your bookmarks.
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