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Twine Review
Web site: www.twine.com
Date of first review/ name of reviewer: 5/31/09 [Melanie Parker]
Additional reviewer(s):
Produced by: Radar Networks
Cost: Free
Description: Organizes, shares, and suggests online content based on your interests
Platform: Web-based
License:
Maturity: Current version released 2009
Features:
* Tracks your interests to suggest similar online content
* Groups bookmarked content into topics
* Shares your interests with other members, and recommends members with similar interests
* Content is member-contributed
* Star items save them quickly
* Add a link to your bookmark bar to easily add content to your twines
* Can connect to your Twitter account to notify followers of new twine content additions
Advantages:
* Combines social networking with online bookmarking
* Newest content additions listed first within topics
* Bookmarks stored online, so can be accessed from anywhere with an internet connection
* Import your bookmarks from your browser
* You can create your own twines to organize your content yourself
Disadvantages:
* Recommendations do not always closely match interests
* Cannot be used offline
Tips:
• The Tour is useful for pointing out where all the features are located
• Adding the “Add to Twine” link to you bookmark bar makes adding content very simple
Tutorials:
* http://www.twine.com/tour/overview
More information:
* “Why Use Twine”: http://rizzn.com/socnets/2009/02/why-use-twine.php
* “Case Study: Twine”: http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/sweo/public/UseCases/Twine/
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