Collecting Quotes for Future Blog Posts
I am reading more comments than blog posts in the last two days due to the Commenting Challenge . Quotes from different voices are are starting to accumulate and laying around like puzzle pieces in my mind.
I want to assemble these puzzle pieces and create a coherent post in the future. It seems overwhelming to having to remember who said what and where. How will I be able to link to the right post when quoting?
CoComment is keeping track of the conversations and comments that I am participating in, but what tool will keep track of individual quotes that talk about new ways of thinking and different perspective. They usually disappear in the galaxy of the blogosphere, never to be found again.
In comes Google Notebook .
With a Google account, you can also sign up for the Notebook service. I installed the Firefox extension, that added a little icon at the bottom part of my browser window.
Now anytime I find a quote that I want to save for a future post, I highlight the quote, then click on that notebook button and a new window pops up. I choose an already created notebook or create a new one.
Once the notebook I want to file the quote under is open, I just click on "Clip" and the quote will be filed, together with a link to the original post.
You can also tag each quote with more keywords.
This is a good way of collecting and to be able to link to different voices in that future blog posts.
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May 3rd, 2008 at 12:03 am
Hi there,
I’m making a late entry to the comment challenge. Although I happened to inadvertently complete day two’s activity before joining the challenge, I thought I’d push myself a bit and comment somewhere completely foreign to me.
Anyway, thank you so much for this closer look at Google Notebook. It’s not something that I’ve seen a lot of people talking about. What I usually do is send the URL to del.icio.us and cut and paste the relevant quote into the notes area. And while that works fine for me, it’s inspiring to see alternate approaches to the same problems.
May 3rd, 2008 at 12:14 am
[...] to look through some of the posts using the challenge tag ‘comment08′ and ended up at a post discussing Google Notebook on the Langwitches blog. I shared my way of using del.icio.us to accomplish tasks similar to how she is using the Google [...]
May 3rd, 2008 at 4:16 am
One more neat google feature!
I will have to follow your idea and join you n this one.
The other day I was thinking how neat it would be to be able to have a kind of web-based application for quotes (something that would resemble “endnote”). It sure would make my PhD venture easier as I am diving my time between two different computers ( a mac and a PC).
So thanks for reminding me of this. I had played with it, but never really used it…
One more apps to put into practice. Yesterday I finally ventured into coComments, Today I guess it is notebook day!
May 3rd, 2008 at 6:28 am
Yet again another great post Silvia. I haven’t used Google Notebooks (don’t tell Michele since she has blogged about how she uses it to prepare for writing blog posts). So I’m going to give it a go and see how I find it.
I will report back on my progress
May 3rd, 2008 at 7:58 am
I can’t get the database to accept my comments. Maybe it’s allergic to me.
May 3rd, 2008 at 8:00 am
Oooooh, now it works.
Another brilliant post.
I’m not sure how to use cocomments yet; notebook is going to be great for my aging mind.
I still haven’t figured out how to tag when there is no tag field on these replies.
-skip
May 3rd, 2008 at 8:58 am
Thanks for the idea. This makes much more sense than my current method. I wasn’t initially that happy with Google Notebook, but this use of it would be very helpful.
I had been thinking of using Tumblr in a similar way to collect quotes in books I’m reading, so that I have a place to reference them later, as well as to see what I’ve read, and what’s inspired me.
May 3rd, 2008 at 8:59 am
Skip Z. - I have just created a picture with a small explanation on how to use cocomment. I am also a newbie where tracking comments is concerned, but hopefully we will learn from each other as we go along …
Please link here: http://tinyurl.com/4wowe6
May 3rd, 2008 at 9:04 am
@Carolyn
I think that would be a fabulous idea to start tracking book quotes. I am always so impressed with people who are able to quote from books.
I had signed up with Tumblr a while ago and have NEVER used it. I would love to hear about your usage for it.
May 3rd, 2008 at 2:51 pm
This sounds like a great idea, and something I will definitely start soon. I have “moved” into my new MacBook and I want to start clutter free and this seems lie a great way to keep ideas in an organized manner.
Thanks for the tip. Is there anything Google doesn’t do? Hey and what do you know, I got to be featured as your example.
May 3rd, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Thank you for the suggestion; I use G note book mainly while I’m studying a subject:to file a quote and its link first, and then I write down my own comprehension of what I have read, I take personal notes.
It keeps me attentive and helps me to assimilate better whatever I’m studying.
Now I can use the note book also for tracking and quoting through our Comment Challenge!
I would also like to thank Langwitches and Greg for the idea of using del.icio.us and Tumblr for a similar purpose; I’ll surely try it.
May 3rd, 2008 at 4:07 pm
How about Diigo? I’ve just started using it and love it! You can add sticky notes, highlight quotes on a page, annotate them, tag them, share them… And you can see the annotations of other Diigo users. There’s a vibrant EDU community happening there!
May 4th, 2008 at 12:21 am
Okay. Comment lucky 13. I’m taking a punt that no-one will post a comment on this site while I’m writing this - I’d better be quick.
A great little tip. Thank you for Google Notebook. I am learning a lot about technology on this 31 Day Challenge. This ‘learning’ thing is becoming a bit compusive
Oh and, Quote, “Careful. We don’t want to learn from this.”
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May 4th, 2008 at 4:41 am
I would have loved to have used Google Notebook in the classroom as the students’ online notebook, but unfortunately when the kids’ accounts are set up through Google Apps, you can’t access Google Notebooks. I’d love to see this changed.