bluemark this!

by Alex on May 11, 2006 · Comments

The road thus far has been long and winding, but we have just passed an important milepost: the availability of the private beta of blueorganizer. We are excited to draw back the curtain and reveal the result of months of consideration, exploration, determination, and of course, perspiration.

So, what is this blueorganizer. What does it organize? Why is it blue?

blueorganizer is a Firefox extension designed to store, sort, search, and harness many of the “things” you are interested in. Right now “things” include books, movies, albums, gadgets, and websites. When you find something you want to collect, just push the bluemark this! button. That’s when the magic happens. The organizer figures out the key information about that item. For example, if you add a movie, blueorganizer extracts the Title, Director, and Stars. It also has a “smart” tag extractor that gets you started in classifying the item, so you can find it again later.

We hope lots of people will try out the beta and give us feedback. Go here to learn more and sign-up. Then be sure to tell us what you think. We think what we’ve made is good, but we know your feedback will help us make it better. Along those lines, many new features are planned, some which will really take this to the next level. We’re living in interesting times.

As for why the organizer is blue – there are many theories. Maybe it has to do with the blue shifting of approaching light. Maybe it is holding its breath. Maybe it chewed the gum that Willy Wonka warned it not to. Maybe it is cold. All will be revealed… but not yet.

- Anderson

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