From 48a5a6e35966606c7ab44b57cf7058d1052e2ed2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nemo Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 00:55:47 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Adds collaborative bookmark notes Just my chat logs from where I was explaining the idea --- collaborative-bookmark.md | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+) create mode 100644 collaborative-bookmark.md diff --git a/collaborative-bookmark.md b/collaborative-bookmark.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b25f2d2 --- /dev/null +++ b/collaborative-bookmark.md @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +# collaborative-bookmarking + +if you haven't used dropbox folder sync in the past, this is how it works: + +[12:48] +you have a parent dropbox director + +[12:48] +you create subdirectories + +[12:48] +you pick a subdirectory + +[12:48] +and you share it with people + +[12:48] +everyone with access gets the same directory in their dropbox + +[12:49] +their edits to the directory are synced with yours + +[12:49] +I'm skipping over conflicts for now + +[12:49] +take this to bookmarks: everyone has a bookmark thing in their browser + +[12:50] +(chrome has 2 parent directories, though -> bookmarks, and tab bar) + +[12:50] +I add bookmarks and save them in a special directory. I get a share option in the extension against every parent level directory + +[12:50] +to share with other people + +[12:51] +The interface is basically: + +- Coding (shared with user@example.com) [Synced] +- Books +- Projects +- Elixir (shared with person@mail.com) [Syncing] + +[12:52] +If the other person checks their bookmarks directory, they see the same directory and links + +[12:52] +edits are synced as well, so you can edit bookmarks (title only) and it gets synced back + +There are lots of tools that already sync your browser bookmarks, but once you have the base in place, +you can make the "source/sink" configurable to things like Google Save / Pockets / Pinboard etc.