Diigo. An Indispensable, Free Tool For Knowledge Workers

Our clients spend a lot of time researching and sharing information with others. And Diigo – pronounced “dee-go” – has proven an invaluable tool in making that happen across timezones and travel schedules.

It all begins with a simple to install browser add-on that allows you to highlight portions of web pages that are of particular interest to you. You can also attach sticky notes to specific parts of web pages. That’s been done before but perhaps not with as much elegance. There’s something nice about returning to a web page you visited weeks ago and finding the notes you left yourself right there.

Where the product really shines is in collaboration. Links, notes and annotations can be shared with your team on a granular basis. Which means that what you share with your boss doesn’t have to be shared with your vendors. You will want to pay close attention to how you set up your profile however. The defaults user settings are “share with the world.”

There’s magic in a simple idea well-executed and Diigo has got it right.

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* Note: We have no affiliation with Diigo. Our snobby little opinions are based solely on getting things done faster with less pain.

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