Hanzo:Web -- An interesting social bookmarking tool

Created by Matt Pasiewicz (EDUCAUSE) on March 13, 2006

When I asked Brewster Kahle about the potential for integrating social bookmarking into the Internet Archive, I envisioned a service that would provide a social, human element to the archive. One that took snapshots of sites as users found them of interest ... one that would provide an archive of content that was closer to the cultural experience that caught that person's interest. Well, in the last session that I attended at ETECH, I sat through a presentation from the folks at Hanzo:Web ... a service that very closely resembles what I was thinking about. It has a very nice interface (and the new version will be even better). If I remember correctly, Clay Shirky suggested that services like these provided a mechanism for tapping into the demand-side economics of user attention. A interesting take.

I wondered about the potential for archiving the actual web page that the user was viewing ... rather than the source from a robot that didn't included a user's unique experience and view of content ... an archive that displayed a rendered web page complete with all the greasemonkey mods and personalized view of content that wouldn't be available from a robot's view of content. In other words, take the content rendered on the screen and archive it. We're not there yet, but I think it will be interesting to see what happens when/if we do get there.

I also wonder about the potential role of services like the Coral CDN and wonder if a derivative of something like this might be interesting in a library and/or academic circle for both archiving and performance.

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Interesting ideas, Matt! I

Submitted by Joe Clark (Florida State University) on March 13, 2006 - 10:37am.

Interesting ideas, Matt! I think the following also may provide some form of archiving of bookmarks (something del.icio.us doesn't yet do).

Not sure about Mag.nolia.

Yes, I think one of my

Submitted by Matt Pasiewicz (EDUCAUSE) on March 13, 2006 - 1:42pm.

Yes, I think one of my friends was using an add-in to Furl so that every page he visited would be archived. Kinda interesting. I've taken an active look at jots, furl, but not spurl or blinklist. Yahoo's own bookmarking tools (not delicious) have archiving too. I have an account on magnolia, but haven't taken the time to take a good look at it yet ... I've heard the ui is good tho' ... for me, I think the more important aspect is to get the raw data into the hands of a provider that I think I can trust. That's why I thought the internet archive should get into this space. Archive-IT is interesting, but it would seem so much more interesting if they tapped into the social underpinnings of the web. As I understand it, Hanzo is planning to create a not-for-profit to handle storage of the data. Still, I think we could see faster adoption if someone in the library space would create a really compelling solution and/or become caretakers of the data and the associated privacy concerns.

		Hanzo:Web -- An interesting social bookmarking tool Created by Matt Pasiewicz (EDUCAUSE) on March 13, 2006 When I asked Brewster Kahle about the potential for integrating social bookmarking into the Internet Archive, I envisioned a service that would provide a social, human element to the archive. One that took snapshots of sites as users found them of interest ... one that would provide an archive of content that was closer to the cultural experience that caught that person's interest. Well, in the last session that I attended at ETECH, I sat through a presentation from the folks at Hanzo:Web ... a service that very closely resembles what I was thinking about. It has a very nice interface (and the new version will be even better). If I remember correctly, Clay Shirky suggested that services like these provided a mechanism for tapping into the demand-side economics of user attention. A interesting take. I wondered about the potential for archiving the actual web page that the user was viewing ... rather than the source from a robot that didn't included a user's unique experience and view of content ... an archive that displayed a rendered web page complete with all the greasemonkey mods and personalized view of content that wouldn't be available from a robot's view of content. In other words, take the content rendered on the screen and archive it. We're not there yet, but I think it will be interesting to see what happens when/if we do get there. I also wonder about the potential role of services like the Coral CDN and wonder if a derivative of something like this might be interesting in a library and/or academic circle for both archiving and performance. Archiving \| etech \| Internet Archive \| Social Bookmarking Matt's blog Login or register to post comments 5926 reads Interesting ideas, Matt! I Submitted by Joe Clark (Florida State University) on March 13, 2006 - 10:37am. Interesting ideas, Matt! I think the following also may provide some form of archiving of bookmarks (something del.icio.us doesn't yet do). Spurl Furl Blinklist Not sure about Mag.nolia. Login or register to post comments Yes, I think one of my Submitted by Matt Pasiewicz (EDUCAUSE) on March 13, 2006 - 1:42pm. Yes, I think one of my friends was using an add-in to Furl so that every page he visited would be archived. Kinda interesting. I've taken an active look at jots, furl, but not spurl or blinklist. Yahoo's own bookmarking tools (not delicious) have archiving too. I have an account on magnolia, but haven't taken the time to take a good look at it yet ... I've heard the ui is good tho' ... for me, I think the more important aspect is to get the raw data into the hands of a provider that I think I can trust. That's why I thought the internet archive should get into this space. Archive-IT is interesting, but it would seem so much more interesting if they tapped into the social underpinnings of the web. As I understand it, Hanzo is planning to create a not-for-profit to handle storage of the data. Still, I think we could see faster adoption if someone in the library space would create a really compelling solution and/or become caretakers of the data and the associated privacy concerns. Login or register to post comments
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