Why I Migrated Over to Twine (And Other Social Services Bit the Dust) | Think Artificial

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I've migrated entirely from Del.icio.us, personal wikis and similar online services and over to Twine. There are several reasons for this, some of which I'll detail here.

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  • celine

    20 months ago

    
    
    

    Thanks Hrafn - this is a great post. Definitely find myself spending more time on Twine and less everywhere else (social sites, newsfeeds, etc.).

    Thanks Hrafn - this is a great post. Definitely find myself spending more time on Twine and less everywhere else (social sites, newsfeeds, etc.).

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    • Hrafn Thorri Thorisson

      19 months ago

      
      
      

      You're welcome! :)

      You're welcome! :)

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  • Jim Withington

    19 months ago

    
    
    

    As a newbie here (my first day is today!), I have to say that this article really explained a lot of what I've gotten myself into.
    
    Exciting!

    As a newbie here (my first day is today!), I have to say that this article really explained a lot of what I've gotten myself into. <br /><br />Exciting!

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  • erica

    19 months ago

    
    
    

    Awesome, thank you for sharing this, I am also a new user and wasn't aware of all the powerful features available. So far I think I'll be migrating over to Twine as well.

    Awesome, thank you for sharing this, I am also a new user and wasn't aware of all the powerful features available. So far I think I'll be migrating over to Twine as well.

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  • Paul Smith

    19 months ago

    
    
    

    I read this, and then wondered how/if you can import your del.ico.us bookmarks, etc. Apparently not yet. I imagine there's a large chunk of beta testers who are avid users. Being able to do that would help make it (at least for me) a more useful, committed test of this service.

    I read this, and then wondered how/if you can import your del.ico.us bookmarks, etc. Apparently not yet. I imagine there's a large chunk of beta testers who are avid users. Being able to do that would help make it (at least for me) a more useful, committed test of this service.

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    • Nova Spivack

      19 months ago

      
      
      

      Thanks -- yeah the del.icio.us importer is not ready yet, but it is on the list.

      Thanks -- yeah the del.icio.us importer is not ready yet, but it is on the list.

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  • . .•∞º˙

    15 months ago

    
    
    

    Arthur--Have you tried the new import bookmarks button on the home page? It's part of the most recent Sprint. Works pretty good, as long as you can export your existing bookmarks to a file first. Once you bring them into Twine, you can share them wherever you want, or just leave them in your My Items page. See:
    
    http://www.twine.com/item/11g76z0ls-7q/delicious-import-feature
    
    http://www.twine.com/item/11g65f92c-59/twine-newsletter-9-8-2008-the-features-you-want-are-here
    
    http://www.twine.com/item/11g2bft05-1hl/some-questions-and-suggestions-about-batch-bookmark-upload
    
    http://www.twine.com/item/11fqyfhqt-8d/bookmarks-uploaded-very-cool-now-what
    
    http://www.twine.com/item/11fp5ckgz-19/a-few-more-notes-about-this-release

    Arthur--Have you tried the new import bookmarks button on the home page? It's part of the most recent Sprint. Works pretty good, as long as you can export your existing bookmarks to a file first. Once you bring them into Twine, you can share them wherever you want, or just leave them in your My Items page. See:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.twine.com/item/11g76z0ls-7q/delicious-import-feature" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.twine.com/item/11g76z0ls-7q/delicious-import-feature</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.twine.com/item/11g65f92c-59/twine-newsletter-9-8-2008-the-features-you-want-are-here" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.twine.com/item/11g65f92c-59/twine-newsletter-9-8-2008-the-features-you-want-are-here</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.twine.com/item/11g2bft05-1hl/some-questions-and-suggestions-about-batch-bookmark-upload" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.twine.com/item/11g2bft05-1hl/some-questions-and-suggestions-about-batch-bookmark-upload</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.twine.com/item/11fqyfhqt-8d/bookmarks-uploaded-very-cool-now-what" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.twine.com/item/11fqyfhqt-8d/bookmarks-uploaded-very-cool-now-what</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.twine.com/item/11fp5ckgz-19/a-few-more-notes-about-this-release" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.twine.com/item/11fp5ckgz-19/a-few-more-notes-about-this-release</a>

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  • . .•∞º˙

    15 months ago

    
    
    

    sheesh--spend all my time diggin up links and the Raven beats me to the punch! :-)

    sheesh--spend all my time diggin up links and the Raven beats me to the punch! :-)

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    • Hrafn Thorri Thorisson

      15 months ago

      
      
      

      Nice links though! ;)

      Nice links though! ;)

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  • alexsmirnov

    14 months ago

    
    
    

    Import feature is beautiful, but it lost all tags on the imported delicious bookmarks ! Now I have a huge set of the unsorted bookmarks in the My Items collections :-(

    Import feature is beautiful, but it lost all tags on the imported delicious bookmarks ! Now I have a huge set of the unsorted bookmarks in the My Items collections :-(

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    • James Todd

      14 months ago

      
      
      

      hmmmm, we just noticed the tags support in the delicious api at the tail end of the project :(
      
      sorry about that. i suspect we can get it added in pretty readily.

      hmmmm, we just noticed the tags support in the delicious api at the tail end of the project :(<br /><br />sorry about that. i suspect we can get it added in pretty readily.

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  • Arthur Vanderbilt

    15 months ago

    
    
    

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    • Hrafn Thorri Thorisson

      15 months ago

      
      
      

      You can mass import bookmarks from Delicious; go to your home screen on Twine (river of news). In the top right corner there's a blue "Import bookmarks" button.

      You can mass import bookmarks from Delicious; go to your home screen on Twine (river of news). In the top right corner there's a blue "Import bookmarks" button.

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