Furl: A web page filing cabinet

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Turn your PC into a filing cabinet

Turn your PC into a filing cabinet 07/14/2004 04:47 PM
Microsoft Jul 14 2004 8:30PM GMT

furl 2.0

furl 2.0 05/29/2004 06:16 AM
A utility for displaying the HTTP headers returned by Web servers.

"Furl"

"Furl" 12/28/2004 05:13 PM

Furl

Furl 02/14/2004 09:15 AM
Furl - Your Online Filing Cabinet for Useful Web Pages
http://www.furl.net/index.jsp

Furl is a new web browsing tool that lets you save and organize thousands of useful web pages (you know, the ones you want to save for future reference but then can never find again) in a personal "web page filing cabinet". Once saved, you can effortlessly find any page again later using a powerful full text search tool. With Furl you can forget trying to save and organize dozens of bookmarks, forget saving web pages to your desktop, in fact forget everything except how to find a useful web page again next time you need it. I will be adding this to my eCurrent Awareness 2004 Report.

furl 2.1

furl 2.1 06/09/2004 09:16 AM
A utility for displaying the HTTP headers returned by Web servers.

Furl website

Furl website 09/23/2004 07:50 PM
Furl

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Looksmart Acquires Furl.net

Looksmart Acquires Furl.net 09/23/2004 03:11 PM
Source: SearchDay - Looksmart has thrown its hat into the 'personal web' ring, with the acquisition of Furl.net, a web page clipping and archiving service....

LookSmart to Acquire Furl

LookSmart to Acquire Furl 09/23/2004 05:57 PM
"... allocating 5 gigabytes (GB) of storage for each individual member's public archive, enough space to store tens of thousands of archived items."

Looksmart Acquires Furl

Looksmart Acquires Furl 09/23/2004 01:06 PM
Looksmart acquired social link manager Furl. Makes sense for a search engine that prides itself on hand-picked web sites organized into categories to enlist users to do some of the hand-picking. Should be an interesting case of when communities...

LookSmart buys Furl.net

LookSmart buys Furl.net 09/23/2004 12:45 PM
LookSmart has purchased Furl.net, an Internet archiving service, in a bid to keep up with the latest innovations in Web search.

Furl acquired by Looksmart

Furl acquired by Looksmart 09/23/2004 07:20 AM
Furl acquired by LookSmart .

Who owns my data? Furl vs. Gmail

Who owns my data? Furl vs. Gmail 09/23/2004 05:13 AM
I received an email today from Furl founder Mike Giles, announcing that he had sold Furl to Looksmart. John Battelle, ever quick off the mark, posted that when he talked to Mike about it, Mike explained he picked Looksmart because they wouldn't make him move to California, and because they would allow him to keep developing the Furl service in the way he wanted to. I liked Furl, although I haven't used it much since I created a home-grown system for saving and indexing web pages to create my personal version of the Internet Archive (more on that later, if anyone is interested). Furl works well, and I haven't noticed any appreciable downtime. I'm a little uncomfortable with Looksmart, because they are one of the few remaining search companies that mixes paid listings in with their search results. However, the great thing about Furl, for which Mike Giles should be commended, is that since very early on it provided functions to export the pages you had saved, and Mike has constantly improved upon them. I've used the functions several times in the past, and they work. After several unpleasant experiences during the dotcom era, I swore never to use a service that doesn't provide an easy way to get my data back onto my local machine. That's one of the reasons Geodog's gmail account sits unused -- while there are plenty of good hacks, there is no supported method to export your email from Google's servers. I feel safe using Furl, even after Looksmart bought them, knowing that no matter how their policies change, I can get a copy of my data any day I want to. If I wanted to, I could use cron and wget to make a backup daily. Gmail users, what happens to your email if tomorrow Google mistakenly decides you have violated their TOS and shuts down your account? Google may at any time and for any reason terminate the Services, terminate this Agreement, or suspend or terminate your account. In the event of termination, your account will be disabled and you may not be granted access to your account or any files or other content contained in your account although residual copies of information may remain in our system. With Yahoo you can spend $20 a year and buy POP3 access. With Google, you are currently SOL. Think about it. I hope Google and...

Briefly: LookSmart buys Furl.net

Briefly: LookSmart buys Furl.net 09/23/2004 12:45 PM
roundup Plus: Pentagon expands access to voting site...Ad campaign touts multimedia cards...T-Mobile sells Sidekick II...Spyware bill moves to Senate.

What Is RSS-Blog-Furl High School
Missing?

What Is RSS-Blog-Furl High School
Missing? 03/06/2004 01:48 AM

Morning at RSS-Blog-Furl High School

"English teacher Tom McHale sets down his cup of coffee and boots up the computer at his classroom desk. It’s 6:50 in the morning. After logging in, he opens up his personal page on the school Intrablog. There, he does a quick scan of the New York Times front page headlines and clicks through one of the links to read a story about war reporting that he thinks his student journalists might be interested in. With a quick click, Tom uses the 'Furl it' button on his toolbar, adds a bit of annotation to the form that comes up, and saves it in his Furl journalism folder which archives the page and automatically sends the link and his note to display on his journalism class portal for students to read when they log in. Next, he scans a compiled list of summaries that link to work his students submitted to their Weblogs the night before. With one particularly well done response, he clicks through to the student’s personal site and adds a positive comment to the assignment post. He also 'Furls' that site, putting it in the Best Practices folder which will send it to the class homepage as well for students to read and discuss, and to a separate Weblog page he created to keep track of all of the best examples of student work. It’s 7:00...." [Weblogg-ed News]

Check out the full text of this amazing post by Will Richardson. In it, he pulls together the beginning threads of integrating blogs, RSS, and social bookmarking in an educational setting. It's a great vision, one that I fully believe will eventually happen in one integrated app.

However - and this is a big however - the only time the library shows up in Will's post is when the teacher unsubscribes from the library's feed! There's no mention of a topical feeds from the library, use of library databases to support research or assignments, no collaborative collection of web-based resources managed by the library, or any other daily interaction with the library and its resources. It's actually pretty sad when you think about it, but unfortunately, it will be accurate if librarians don't start understanding, using, and providing information to these types of tools.

LookSmart Buys Furl -- The Search
Stickiness Battles Are On

LookSmart Buys Furl -- The Search
Stickiness Battles Are On 09/23/2004 03:21 AM
Well, look at that. Just yesterday, we were pointing out how Ask Jeeves was adding features to store and annotate the websites you like and asked if people wouldn't just prefer to use an independent offering like Furl, rather than be tied down to a specific search property. Whoops. Forget we said that. Furl has just announced (no news sites have it yet, but we're including the text of the email after the jump) that they've been acquired by Looksmart, the also-ran paid-search, paid-inclusion search engine provider. So, this is yet another search provider trying to increase stickiness by letting users do more with their search results. They're also offering five gigs of storage. If you hadn't realized it yet, this space is getting more interesting every day.

Lexington Herald-Leader | 07/04/2004 |
Front-page news, back-page coverage

Lexington Herald-Leader | 07/04/2004 |
Front-page news, back-page coverage 07/08/2004 02:18 AM
Noted in yesterday's Lexington [KY] Herald-Leader .. "We regret the omission." .. Read article .. Oops

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Do You Need a Tax-Filing Extension?

Do You Need a Tax-Filing Extension? 04/08/2005 11:53 AM
Have you found yourself running out of time? Roy Lewis offers some suggestions on what to do next.

Google changes its filing for IPO

Google changes its filing for IPO 06/22/2004 10:43 AM
San Jose Mercury News Jun 22 2004 2:16PM GMT

Online Tax-Filing

Online Tax-Filing 04/18/2005 11:23 PM
iMedia Connection Apr 19 2005 12:21AM GMT

Do You Hate Filing?

Do You Hate Filing? 05/18/2004 02:46 PM
Ad - http://www.thepapertiger.com May 18 2004 7:46PM GMT

The filing clerk

The filing clerk 12/26/2004 01:07 PM
James Melzer on the members only aifia mailing list (a good reason to sign up): "In the hayday of bureaucracy, in the period during and immediately after World War II, central filing of all documents and communications was standard practice at most US government offices and businesses. "The filing room" ...

Cabinet

Cabinet 07/22/2004 01:02 AM
This is about a magazine that you’ve probably never read, but might want to have a look at...

This is the year for online tax filing

This is the year for online tax filing 03/22/2005 09:15 PM
Media Life Magazine Mar 23 2005 12:04AM GMT

fascinating SEC filing today

fascinating SEC filing today 04/29/2004 04:23 PM
Google's S-1 .. IPO Form .. more

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Google just days away from IPO filing

Google just days away from IPO filing 04/19/2004 08:26 AM
Financial Post Apr 19 2004 12:11PM GMT

"fascinating SEC filing today"

"fascinating SEC filing today" 04/30/2004 11:54 AM

IRS Launches New Web Tax Filing Service

IRS Launches New Web Tax Filing Service 01/09/2004 09:58 PM
BeSpacific Jan 8 2004 7:07PM ET

Thoughts On The Google IPO Filing

Thoughts On The Google IPO Filing 04/30/2004 02:05 AM
Well, ever since Google filed their S-1 this morning, all the news seems to have turned into all Google, all the time. Obviously, there are plenty of other places covering the story, but after reading through the S-1, I have a few thoughts that may not be covered elsewhere. News.com has an excel lent roundup of many of the Google IPO high points, but the S-1 itself is worth reading. The opening "owner's manual" is very straightforward in revealing how the team at Google views the IPO. In some ways, it's very reminiscent of the incredibly refreshing financi al statements from Overstock.com, which remind you just how much misleading crap is shoved into most financial filings.

The decision to go with an auction model for the IPO isn't a huge surprise (it was rumored last October ). What is interesting, however is that they don't seem to be doing it through W.R. Hambrecht, who is considered the expert in Dutch Auction IPOs. In fact, the filing hints at the fact that Google is making use of their own experiences auctioning off their advertisements in figuring out how to do this auction. That seems a little scary as (a) auctioning off ad inventory and IPO shares is quite different and (b) you always get a little worried when a company relies too heavily on their own experience in an area where they're not experts. Still, the decision to review all potential investors to make sure they know what they're investing in (possibly with a test of some sort) while banning anyone who looks as though they're trying to game the system is a very smart move, and should help Google end up with more informed investors.

The folks on Wall Street must have very mixed opinions about this whole affair. They want Google to go public more than anything in the world, but the setup of this IPO is really designed to route around their usual (questionable) methods as much as possible. Still, since no banks wanted to miss out on taking the firm public, it looks like it wasn't that hard to sign up the underwriters. There will be a few other interesting things to watch for as a result of this. Will other companies try to go public on similar terms, and will Wall Street allow it? Will they claim it's a special case, or will this "educate" pre-IPO companies that they don't have to play by the old rules. If that does happen, Morgan Stanley and CSFB could benefit by having the experience of running such an unconventional offering, while also acting as though they're willing to avoid the silly Wall Street games.

The other item that's worth noting is whether or not this structure actually works, or if the pressure really does become too much. From everything Google has done so far, I'm sure they believe that they can withstand the pressure. If anyone can, it probably is them. Reading through the S-1 you realize they put a lot of thought into how to structure this. However, the riskiest thing I see in the S-1 is the fact that this unconventional IPO is really designed to keep the power in the hands of Eric Schmidt, Larry Page and Sergey Brin. There are plenty of reasons why that's good - because they've done a fantastic job so far, and they appear to function quite well as a team. However, it makes me question the succession plan and how the company continues to manage should any of the three leave. The structure they're setting up is basically designed to work great, assuming the three of them all continue to work there. Should something happen to one of them, or should the working relationship falter, the company seems less well structured to deal with the change. Hopefully they are putting in place plans for such things, but it is still a risk. Overall, I'm impressed by the way they've put this together and I hope it works out well for them. It would be nice to see a company actually show Wall Street that the bankers are supposed to be serving the companies, and not the other way around. I hope it's the start of a trend.

A Closer Look At Google's IPO Filing

A Closer Look At Google's IPO Filing 04/30/2004 12:13 PM
Search Engine Watch Apr 30 2004 3:54PM GMT

Family Court goes the e-filing way

Family Court goes the e-filing way 12/14/2003 08:40 PM
Straits Times Dec 14 2003 7:06PM ET

Barrymore filing for bankruptcy

Barrymore filing for bankruptcy 05/21/2004 09:55 AM
Entertainer Michael Barrymore files for bankruptcy over an Inland Revenue bill, his agent says.

Biometric Mod Cabinet

Biometric Mod Cabinet 08/10/2004 04:18 PM

The Mod Cabinet from glide is a smallish cabinet with a built-in biometric fingerprint sensor that allows you to lock down access to only those pre-approved. Even better (or worse, from a security standpoint) there is a Bluetooth wireless link for configuring the Mod Cabinet from across the room using the customer PC or Pocket PC software. You can also purchase the cabinet without locks or biometric sensor, but what's the fun in that?

Read - Company Home Flash Page [Glide-Inc via LandLiving]

Highlights from Apple's quarterly SEC
filing

Highlights from Apple's quarterly SEC
filing 05/06/2004 11:21 PM
Apple filed its quarterly report (SEC form 10-Q) with the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday...

Sun Micro Revises Net Down -Filing
(Reuters)

Sun Micro Revises Net Down -Filing
(Reuters) 09/13/2004 06:42 PM
Reuters - Network computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc. revised its most recently reported quarterly results slightly lower due to the finalized legal settlement with Microsoft Corp. and property leases, filings showed on Monday.

1040 filing extension form (PDF)

1040 filing extension form (PDF) 04/15/2004 05:06 PM
here's the form you're looking for, you lazy bastard. you still have to pay today though.

Nortel delays filing financials again

Nortel delays filing financials again 09/02/2004 02:06 PM
CNET News.com Sep 2 2004 5:29PM GMT

Man admits to filing his own death
certificate

Man admits to filing his own death
certificate 07/06/2004 01:45 AM
Man files own death certificate to get out of DWI charge .. Better Dead than DWI

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Nortel delays filing accounts (again)

Nortel delays filing accounts (again) 09/03/2004 06:13 AM
Figuring it all out

missed the filing deadline in Florida

missed the filing deadline in Florida 09/15/2004 06:09 AM
Did Bush camp err on ballot papers? .. st. petersberg times

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