Del.icio.us?
Im sure you’ve heard about all the good things about del.icio.us… Granted, it’s quite simple to collect and organize all your web based information by associating URLs with tags — far better than the traditional bookmarks. What’s more, you can access it from any PC which has an Internet connection — nice. Just one copy of your online bookmark, no more sync-ing around between your office and home desktops. Same as Hotmail vs. Outlook. There’s also the “social” flavor of it which is nice to have.
However, after using it for awhile I still felt there’s something missing… the same problem those traditional bookmarking tools faced as well. Let’s say you came across a really good site and happily saved the URL for future use. Couple months later you found that this great site no longer exists — bummer. Google Cache? what if Google Cache doesn’t have it? For instance, a forum post? Aren’t there a better solution to this problem???
Here comes Furl — it’s just like del.icio.us, but with a little twist. Yes, you can now save a snapshot of the page along with your URL, tags, comments… etc. It even comes with toolbars for your browsers for easy saving. Cool. According to it’s usage guide, each member will be offered 5GB of storage for snapshots. The best thing I love about Furl is the ability to “export” all your saved snapshots in case someday they went out of business…
Anyways, I’ll probably spent some time over the next few days during the Chinese New Year holidays to try it out. Stay tuned for updates. 
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