Founding principles. Patrice Lamothe, CEO of Pearltrees, November 2008 A short description of Pearltrees Pearltrees is a collaborative project enabling Internet users to become editors of the Web, i.e. to visualize, organize and share their navigations.
By building their own Web, they collectively build the living map of the entire Web. Context The development of content creation, sharing and discussion sites has radically transformed the practice of Internet users. However, the democratization of creation has not led to the democratization of access to this content. This imbalance between democratic content creation and centralized access to content poses one of the main barriers to the development of the Web. As spectators, Web users cannot find their way through the mass of content that is of interest to themAs creators, Web users are obliged to engage in disseminating and referencing activities, far removed from their real interests, if they want to attract the audience their content deserves.
Pearltrees' blog. Voici “Smartcloud”, la toute dernière version de Pearltrees.
Elle permet d’importer et d’organiser tout ce que vous avez partagé sur les réseaux sociaux ou stocké sur Internet. Dès aujourd’hui, vous pouvez remettre la main sur les centaines ou les milliers de contenus que vous avez partagés ou stockés au cours des dernières années. Vous allez voir, c’est facile et rapide. Voici comment ça marche : 1. Le bouton “ajouter”, identifiable par son symbole “+” permet d’accéder aux imports. 2. Dès que les contenus importés sont nombreux, un algorithme d’auto-organisation vient vous aider. 3. Nous avons amélioré toutes les fonctionnalités d’organisation et de personnalisation pour vous permettre d’ajouter facilement une touche personneIle à vos collections. 4. Vos contenus n’ont jamais été aussi bien mis en valeur dans Pearltrees. The web's third frontier. Patrice Lamothe, CEO of Pearltrees October 22, 2010 Everyone realizes that the web is entering a new phase in its development.
One indication of this transition is the proliferation of attempts to explain the changes that are occurring. Functional explanations emphasize the “real time web,” collaborative systems such as Wave, and the growth of localized social networks such as Foursquare. These technical explanations argue that the interconnectivity of data is the most significant current development. Although these explanations are both pertinent and intriguing, none of them offers an analytical framework for assessing the developments that are now underway. In contrast, other explanations are far too broad to serve any useful purpose. How can the web’s development be understood?
The web represents a compendium of technical resources, functionalities and usages, and it cannot be reduced to just one of these dimensions. The founding principles 1- Allow anyone to access any type of document. Organize your account. Pearl the stuff you like. Pearls can be created in several ways: Pearltrees has extensions for Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer that make it easy to create pearls while you are browsing the web.
Using the extension for your browser you can put any content you wish to keep directly into your dropzone or anywhere else in your account with only two clicks. The extensions for Firefox or Internet Explorer: They have 3 buttons: Pearl: It turns the web page you are reading into a pearl In: It lets you choose in which pearltree you want to put the page you are reading. Reveal: One click and you will go directly into your account. Also, with Firefox you can “right click” any link and then add content directly to your Pearltrees account from right within the context menu. The extension for Chrome: It only has one button, but enables you to do the exact same things: If you use Safari or Opera, Pearltrees has a bookmarklet that works in the same way. What's a team? A team within Pearltrees is a group of people who have come together to collaboratively curate a common interest.
When you want to join a team, just click on the “team up” button to send a request. As soon as your request has been accepted, you’ll be able to curate the pearltree with the other team members. Each member can add and organize the pearls and pearltrees of the team. Each member can also decide to accept or invite other members to expand the team. What's a pearltree? Share the stuff you like.
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