Ask HN: How do you organize your bookmarks?

I've stopped collecting my links on Instapaper as I hardly find time to read through all the links I save and never found a single instance where I went back to cherish that stuff(at least in the 3 month period that I archived). Instead, I stopped worrying, and started to enjoy the content: read it and forget it and your brain will take the responsibility to spring it up later in the hour of need.

Here's the four step process I'm currently following. 1. If the post is an experience, well, I read it as-is, comment if I may, form my opinion and forget about it peacefully. 2. If the post contains some detailed how-to's that are hard to remember, I spool it. 3. If the post contains links(generally to tools and open source code) that I might need to find later, I tweet it. 4. If the post is really awesome, I blog about it or add to my to-blog list(another way of bookmarking, time taking, but the impression lasts for a longer time)

I now have 18 articles spooled in the last 2 months that I clearly remember why I bookmarked each of them as opposed to several hundreds on Instapaper.(I'm not comparing Spool and Instapaper, I happened to pick Instapaper first and used Spool later when I changed my tactic). Also, I don't try to bookmark everything I find amusing, only those I might need later. Now, I see myself reading and taking more pleasure compared to when I was worrying about bookmarking most of the things I read. Only time will make selection better!

Right now, I use the bookmark bar in chrome only for sites I access frequently, I have nowhere to store links that 'might be useful in the future'.

For very frequently visited sites (GMail, Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, HN, etc) I have icons only (no text)

Then I have some folders with more organised links for other sites I access semi-frequently (hosting accounts, control panels, bank websites, documentation, etc)

This works well when I know where I want to go. The problem is when I find a link (say from a HN post) that I want to come back to later, but bookmarking it is next to useless because I'll forget I have it and end up searching google for a solution instead, wasting time.

The only way I've found is to simply leave the tab open, but when I can't even see the favicons in my tab bar, that becomes a problem!

I've often thought about developing an app, browser extension or web service to fix this problem, but haven't found the time to do so yet. I've tried many of the bookmarking services out there in the past and none of them really hit the spot. I have solved the 'web design inspiration' bookmark problem using LittleSnapper for mac, that works a treat for that particular type of bookmark.

Now I need something for everything else!

The easiest way to describe it is sort of like a mindmap for bookmarks. Currently has a flash interface (shudder) but seems to work fairly well, lets you export all of your content at any time, has some social aspects (follow others pearltrees, etc), iPad app (iPhone coming soon) and an API supposedly out later this year (I hope sooner rather than later)

Hope you find something that works for you!

[1] http://www.getpocket.com

[2] http://www.rockmelt.com

[3] http://www.pearltrees.com

Why?

I became tired of the way browsers handle bookmarks. The endless lists of links that did not give me any context. I also hate the way they are shown (the UI).

So I built the app that allows me to write in some context for the link. I can search the links by context, if needed.

I generally try to store all articles I want to come back to in Instapaper to be as browser/platform agnostic as possible.