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"text": "[[wikilinks]] and #hashtags could act as snippets for custom searches on various platforms. I\u2019d like to be able to either click on a link or possibly right click and be presented with the ability to search that term (or nearby terms) on a variety of different platforms or trusted websites. This could be a useful form of personal search that allows me to find things within a much smaller space of knowledge I\u2019m aware of. Sometimes the serendipity from the wisdom of the crowd via major search engines like Google, DuckDuckGo, or Bing may suffice, but shouldn\u2019t I be able to more easily search a trusted personal group of hand curated sources?\nPlatforms like Wikipedia and Twitter already have these patterns as links to resources within themselves, but why couldn\u2019t/shouldn\u2019t a browser or browser plugin allow me an option when clicking on them to go to other resources outside of the expected (narrow) search provided? Perhaps I\u2019m in my own wiki and a redlink [[wikilink]] obviously doesn\u2019t exist on my site. Why shouldn\u2019t I be able to click on it to go to another source like Wikipedia to find it?\nThese search resources can still be larger platforms like Google, Wikipedia, and Twitter, but could be subspecialized to include Twitter users I follow, smaller wikis I use (including my own), websites of people I follow in my feed reader or social reader (by searching on categories/tags or even broad text search). I should be able to easily define a multitude of resources for each custom search using common standards. This affordability could give me a much more refined and trusted set of search results, particularly in a post-fact society.\nOne could go further still and highlight a word or words on one\u2019s browser screen and use these as a custom search query.\nIf built properly, I ought to be able to create \u201cplaylists\u201d of sites and resources to search for myself and be able to share these with other friends, family, and colleagues who may trust those sources as well.\nI\u2019m curious what others think of this idea. What should the UI look like to make it clear and easy to use? What other things might one want to search on beyond plain text, hashtags, and wikilinks? Am I missing anything? What downsides or social ills might this pattern potentially entail?",
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Yeaaaaaah, not sus at all...
I wish how to find domain information was widely known by non-tech people, to avoid potential scams like this. #didnotclickthrough
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Yes, @GustoHQ is the most janky piece of HR software on the face of the earth. Two password resets later, and I still can't get into my HSA account. Sigh.
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"text": "Yes, @GustoHQ is the most janky piece of HR software on the face of the earth. Two password resets later, and I still can't get into my HSA account. Sigh.",
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The Log Cabin Republicans, a well- established group of gay conservatives who honored Melania Trump at a Mar-a-Lago event earlier this year, was denied a booth at the TX ...
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"text": "Someone (@CSMoskell ?) at the @Hypothes_is #SLS22 conference on social annotation earlier today suggested using well annotated public web pages as examples could be helpful for adoption. \n#InstructionalDesign\nHere's an excellent project to use: framework.thoughtvectors.net/about/",
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In this video @CSMoskell talks about a professor's final exam design prompting students to go back to #annotations in @Hypothes_is and add new commentary (or links to other related knowledge) that they've gained during the length of a course.
#SLS22youtube.com/watch?v=fxfTVd…
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"text": "Let's say you're in love with @Hypothes_is, but you're also an old school index card and pen person. There's\u00a0 definitely a way to add that old school index card/#zettelkasten feel to your new fangled digital notes.\n#SLS22 #NoteTaking #EdTech #CSS\nboffosocko.com/2022/06/17/the\u2026",
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"text": "I'm so glad @Hypothes_is is recording the sessions of #SLS22. So much valuable material about #annotations and pedagogy to absorb. This will need a few rounds of notes. \nairmeet.com/e/f722f490-dae\u2026",
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"text": "Interesting interview with @cdixon by @karaswisher in the @nytimes. #web3 opponents would do well to ponder this, because it is quite incompatible with many preconceptions they tend to have. nytimes.com/2022/06/16/opi\u2026",
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