Over winter break, one of the most discussed technology stories has been rumors of del.icio.us being either shut down outright or sold off by Yahoo. I have been a user of del.icio.us for a few years after years of using Furl. Nowadays, Zotero is clearly the best choice out there. I have only been archiving my academic research on Zotero, but perhaps it is time to move everything over there. Zotero is the best citation manager and document manager I have encountered yet, which will get even better once it is available as a standalone program, and saves copies of any page you save, which was one of my favorite features of Furl that is unfortunately not available for del.icio.us.
Backtype
Backtype is the kind of comment aggregating website I have been waiting for someone to develop for years. In the past, I used the recently deceased Furl to log my comments manually, but Backtype does this automatically. I am not sure how far back it will go, but users can submit comments and websites to be added.
Firefox 1.5
With the release of Firefox 1.5 I have updated my extensions. I've also linked to them in my furl archive. If you're a Firefox user already, or new to it, check them out.
I just started a folder in my Furl archive for weblog submission sites. If you're looking for a bigger audience check it out.
I've also made a Furl folder for comments I've made on other blogs. Now to track down all of them! Well there aren't a ton but still.
Torrents
I've added a section in my Furl account for Torrent sites. If you don't know what a Torrent is read about it here.