Organizing Your Scraps

You want to keep this information as you continue your search, and you can do it either by gathering a set of bookmarks or keeping information in text files. Both situations have their drawbacks.

Scraps to Bookmarks

I have a prejudice about bookmarks that I might as well admit right now: I hate them. I find them cumbersome, useless, and annoying. And they tend to take over your browser like kudzu. But I will use them on occasion, especially when I'm doing long-range research.

I could have a folder, for example, on Asperger's. Within it I could have separate folders for autism, mental health, support groups, coping strategies, disability, and so on. Opera allows me to make comments for each bookmark so in the comments section ...

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