Bookmark Meme
Category: Memes...
Posted Monday, February 14, 2005 at 02:17 PM [GMT-6]

[I've bumped this post back to the top of the page because I suspect it slipped by a few people due to its original Sunday afternoon slot. It's not that I think it's the most wonderful thing since sliced bread, but those who have participated in it have come up with some quite interesting links...stuff that we'd never know about just by perusing blogrolls.]

[Originally posted 14:39 on 2/13/05]

It's said that the best way to find out what's important to someone is to look in his or her checkbook register (although an updated variation would refer to credit card receipts).

While I'm not nosy enough to ask about your check register (well, I am that nosy, but I also know that you wouldn't tell me), I would propose that another way to learn about someone else is by a review of his or her browser bookmarks. And in pursuit of such knowledge I hereby propose this simple meme:

  1. Open the bookmarks list in your favorite web browser and note the bottommost entry (which may or may not be the last one you added), even if it's inside a folder. Copy the bookmark title, along with the URL, into a post or comment.

  2. Count up your list from there, and select every fourth bookmark, until you've picked another four. Add them to your post or comment.

  3. Publish the list of five bookmarks and wait for the world to marvel at your eclectic and sophisticated interests!

Here's my list:

  1. Scot's Newsletter | The Best Of | Customizing Firefox

  2. Simon Wilison: Some notes on Wikipedia

  3. BYODKM.net - A Mac Mini Enthusiast Network

  4. Mandarin Design. Web and Blog Design and Development

  5. SYMBOLS.com -- encyclopedia of Western signs and ideograms

The only thing all the preceding bookmarks have in common is that I found them through other blogs. The impact of blogging is perhaps deeper than we may realize.

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1. newswest9.com
[it's not just a job, it's a Favorite] :-)
2. msnbc.msn.com
3. ericsiegmund.com/fireant/
[actually, yours was only three steps from the previous ... I'm just trying to suck-up] :-)
4. srh.weather.gov/maf/
5. e-bay.com

Posted by: Jeff at February 13, 2005 05:12 PM

Hmm, Mine are all organized in folders. I fail.

Posted by: anselm at February 13, 2005 06:09 PM

Like anselm, mine are also in folders.
They're arranged in the folders by how often I refer to them, even...
I am close to having it all perfectly organized.
I am not sure if this is good or bad.

Posted by: bb at February 13, 2005 07:18 PM

You guys are WAY too literal. You do realize, don't you, that you have actual bookmarks INSIDE those folders? ;-)

Besides, it's not like I'm gonna come to your house and audit you. (I have people who take care of that for me.)

Jeff, suck-up duly noted. Or dully noted.

Posted by: Eric at February 13, 2005 08:32 PM

1. Hit-o-meter.com (statistics for my new blog)
2. WestTexasTalk.com (old ghost-forum, still has occasional post)
3. Sleepless in Midland
4. Jessica's Well
5.AOL Mail
6.Big 2 news
7.MyWestTexas

Although the above 7 (out of 28 total) are all tied in to news or blogs (even aol mail can count as news), I swear nearly all the other links are to "entertaining" things such as games, animations, cartoons, etc...). It's wierd how all the blog and news things are spaced out every 4.

Posted by: Bert at February 13, 2005 08:39 PM

Well, your instructions were quite precise, you know...
:-)
My browser is much less organized on this computer... even so, here are five, chosen from several folders:

  1. LifeHacker
  2. Sand in the Gears
  3. Astronomy Picture of the Day
  4. "Rules of Civility"
  5. Clive's Personal Homepage
Like you, Eric, I found many of these (all except APOD, actually) on various blogs. . Posted by: bb at February 14, 2005 07:19 AM

See, was that so hard? ;-)

Nice mix of links. "Sand in the Gears" seems awfully familiar to me; I think I may have visited it in the past.

Posted by: Eric at February 14, 2005 07:30 AM

Mine are posted, but I had to cheat in the counting department, since I have folders inside folders inside folders. I loved doing this! Thanks for thinking of it!

Posted by: Deb Thompson at February 14, 2005 12:32 PM

Deb, I have found at least one cool new site worth adding to my own bookmarks in every list I've looked at thus far. Yours is no exception; Frogstar is a gem! (You find the neatest stuff...)

Posted by: Eric at February 14, 2005 12:51 PM

I'm giving up on Blogging and going back to reading the newspaper....there's so many interesting articles there...with color photos!

Nice article Eric. It must be your inspiration under which so many new Blogs are blossoming in Midland.......

Posted by: Wallace-Midland, Texas at February 14, 2005 05:49 PM

I'm with you, Wallace. I think this blogging thing is just a fad...it's already dead, just doesn't know it yet. ;-)

It'll be interesting to see how many in Midland are still blogging this time next year.

Posted by: Eric at February 14, 2005 06:00 PM

Just posted my list. Like some others, my links are in folders, so I used the first folder listed - blog stuff.

Good meme.

Posted by: jen at February 14, 2005 08:02 PM
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