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Pearltrees: organize, visualize and share your Web

by Patricia

Finding a title for this post to describe all Pearltrees‘ potential uses is near impossible. You’ll soon understand why.

This is not a paid advertisement! I don’t know the creators and have not invested in their start-up (though if it ever goes public, I’ll consider investing). I discovered this tool just a few days ago: the more people use it and contribute to it, the better it will become.

A group of French entrepreneurs, headed by Patrice Lamothe as CEO, launched Pearltrees this spring. It is still in alpha mode, but it rocks.  So what is Pearltrees? A new GUI that allows you to create mind-maps of your Web, any way you like, to guide your friends and colleagues through your Web, discover and share in others’ Web, and much more. Continue Reading…

Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago at 1:06 pm.

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Webhosting: superb service

by Patricia

My two websites, Lokahi and Quill were with different web hosting providers and registrars and this blog previously was with Blogger. Dealing with three different platforms was inefficient, and I was not happy with the support services provided, which ranged from either terribly slow to nil.

A colleague recommended Mavenhosting, which I had never heard of. Their service plans seemed to offer everything I was looking for and more. I was dubious at first as their front-end website does not provide as much information as a programming newbie and network neophyte might need, but one of my hosting plans was coming up for renewal so I took the plunge.

I’m sold.
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Posted 6 months, 3 weeks ago at 9:07 am.

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