Problems to Solve
1. Keeping track of and prioritizing temporary links (items) to read later without bookmarking them
- items could be news stories, movies, music, concerts, etc etc -- anything!
- ie. lots of open browser tabs
- once the item is checked out it is often no longer needed
2. Moving temporary links to permanent bookmarks (like del.icio.us)
3. Sending links to others quicky and easily ("Hey!")
4. Receiving links from others and prioritizing them
- email isn't good for prioritizing
5. Publishing items on the Internet to share them -- text too short for a regular blog post
Ideas to Solve the Problem with Web Application Software
- have a TODO list of items for each person that they can prioritize
- send items from this TODO list to other people's TODO lists
-- if the person isn't using the site, email them the item text
- every person can publish items to a mini blog
- make it easy to move items to bookmark sites like del.icio.us
- adding a temporary link should be VERY quick and easy
Research Goals
- AJAX with RJS
- Rails 2.0.x
- Capistrano 2.x
Features of the Deployed Implementation
- TODO list of items
- can tag items with your own tagging system
- can send items to other people's TODO lists
- can publish items to a hosted mini blog
Ideas Left to Implement
- quickly and easily adding items
-- use a bookmarklet to popup a form over the current page?
- sending items by email to people that don't use the site yet
- changing priority of an item in the list
- easily moving items to del.icio.us
- tag items that other people send you with your own tags
Possible Extensions
- RSS feeds
- iCal feeds for items that are events or milestones
- API
- adding items by email (forwarding)