there was a time when I could rely on my memory if I found something useful online but couldn’t attend to it immediately. I would just return to it later, big deal.
then content explosion happened, my head exploded next, and I found I kept forgetting what I found. so I started bookmarking stuff. my safari was full of bookmarks.
then social media happened and I started adding stuff to bookmarks on twitter. and some other places. and more places. and specialized bookmark services.
now I have bookmarks all over the place and I’m afraid to look. I also suspect I forgot and lost logins to some of the places I kept bookmarks at.
that initial forgetting has become forgetting one step farther.