Diigo Daze

Though I can never tire of discovering new music that brings a skip to my step and booming beats to my ear buds, this week I decided to embark on a whole new journey: finding my Diigo soul mate…

Yes, it is true, I am almost 21 years old and have yet to find my actual soul mate.  But I thought perhaps finding someone like me on a social bookmarking site might be easier.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with Diigo, let me tell you a little bit about it in the wise words of Wikipedia:

Diigo is a social bookmarking website which allows signed-up users to bookmark and tag web pages.  Additionally, it allows users to highlight any part of a webpage and attach sticky notes to specific highlights or to a whole page.  These annotations can be kept private shared with a group within Diigo or a special link forwarded to someone else.  The name “Diigo” is an acronym from “Digest of Internet Information, Groups and Other stuff”.

I know, I know, Wikipedia is the most credible source out there. But hey!  I have been a Diigo user for a few days now, and I can vouch for Wiki P. They know what they’re talking about over there, at least when it comes to Diigo.

Anyways let the search for Mr. Right begin!

You can find new friends on Diigo by searching for people through a couple of different avenues.  If you know you have friends who have it, you can search them by their name or email, or even a URL.  Or, if you are like me and are hoping the fates will align and deliver some cutie who loves movies, the outdoors and indie music- you can search via tags or sites.  

At first, my search was far from successful.  I put in the tag words like “movies” and “photography,” and mostly got a lot of artsy people who didn’t look like very much fun.  Not only that, but a lot of people had used Diigo for a time and then stopped using it, so sorting through the has-beens to find more current users was also kind of difficult.  I realized that I needed to refine my search, and so I added a few more choice words including: indie music, travel, outdoors and restaurants (because he has to have a passion for food that rivals my own).

And that’s when I found Warrick Wynne.

This self described “teacher, writer and cyclist based in Melbourne, Australia” not only had tagged all the things I was interested, but upon exploring his page- I found that is guy was into literature, poetry and education.  These tags seemed to be far more meaningful than a love for indie music, and I realized that although I had been searching for my soul mate at a very superficial level, Diigo had guided me in the right direction...  Good job Diigo. 

I hope that while reading this, you've realized that I really looking for my soul mate on a social bookmarking site.  I know that this post was misleading, but I actually do have a life... And friends.... I’m just excited about this new academic tool I found, and being a nerd, I need someone to share it with.  Warrick Wayne will have to do.

Peace, Love and Social Bookmarking,

Missy Hendrix