Diigo - I get why you need it!

I don't think of myself as an early adopter. My first question when I see a new tool is 'How can I use this?'   But, once I see a purpose for a tool, I  get excited, and I use it.   When I first saw Diigo, I  wrote myself a mental note, and told a 4th Grade teacher at school about this tool.  She is very active in finding websites, and bookmarks everything.  When I first approached her, she said, "But I have all my bookmarks organized.  Why would I want to use this tool?"  To which I responded, "What about when you are working at home?  What about when you are in a meeting?  Wouldn't it be nice to have access  no matter where you are?"  I saw the light bulb come on, and I had definitely piqued her interest!  But, I wasn't really thinking of using it for myself.  My school website is the  keeper of websites I use!

I am currently enrolled in a Social Media class, working toward Certification/Masters.  Twitter is one of the online tools we need to experiment with.  After some initial troubleshooting, I installed TweetDeck, and participated in the #edchat discussion this past Tuesday night about Social Media.  As my classmates had indicated, TweetDeck is a far superior tool to use when following Tweets.  I found several intriguing websites/blogs that were shared during this session.  One involved a history class utilizing the 'Choose you own Adventure' feature recently released in YouTube.   One involved upgrades to/advanced Google searches.  Of course, I didn't have time to share these sites with individuals I wanted to, so I closed my browser with the 'Save and Quit' feature.  Wednesday I didn't have time to follow up, but used my computer.  I forgot to 'Save and Quit', and now that I have time, no websites!  Tuesday is so old in Twitter!  I signed up for Diigo, and was able (after some time) to locate my websites of interest.  If only I had done that Tuesday night!  Now they are safely saved, and ready for me to use.  I also noticed that Diigo has a 'Read Later' feature you can click on when entering the website.  This would be a great feature to use when you have spare time, or if you have a Smart Phone and are waiting in line!