Pugmarks.me is a contextual information discovery
What is context?
- You – have interests. You are deeply interested in a few things. You like a few other things as well.
- You are embedded in a network of people, organizations and things. You follow a few people, who influence what you read. You also influence people that follow you. Your network has its interests.
- You do different things every day. You read an article, land on a news site, search something, and even look up a linkedin profile.
Context is what you are, context is your social embedding, context is what you are doing – now.
What is contextual information discovery?
Can we recommend the most useful information in each context?
- Say, you begin the day. Can we show you what just went past your network – prioritized by whats important for you?
- Say, you land on TechCrunch. Can we help you decide on what you should be reading there?
- Say, you are just reading that article on Responsive Design. Can we bring relevant articles already endorsed by people you trust, to where you are?
- Say, you are just checking out Reid Hoffman’s profile. Can we suggest talking points that’d be interesting to him?
- Say, you are attending the Product Conclave. Can we bring you news that matters to this group of people?
Pugmarks.me helps the right information reach you, in the right context – endorsed by people you trust.
How to join, and how does Pugmarks.me work?
- Just sign up at Pugmarks.me. Give us your twitter profile, and suggest a few interest areas. This helps us bootstrap you.
- Install our chrome plugin (or bookmarklet for other browsers). When you visit an article, we’ll suggest good stuff for further reading.
- Keep marking. Marking tells us what you like. Marking makes the good stuff on the web discoverable to others.
- Visit your page at pugmarks.me, for the best of news – sourced from your web of trust.
- You can share articles through Pugmarks. The emails look great – with nuggets for easy reading, and related recommendations to add value.
- Did we miss out search? All your marks and friends marks are indexed and searchable!