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Oh yeah, btw -- finally got the Firefox extension updated to work with FF 3. In fact, the new Firefox "post to" button has been enhanced to match our new "post to" bookmarklet. What is a bookmarklet you say? Or, did I hear you say, yeah, bookmarklet -- where is it? Well, until it makes it into our new help, just copy this link onto your favorites toolbar (in FF and Safari this is just dragging the link up to your browser's favorite toolbar, in IE this is right-clicking and doing the add to favorites thing). Ok, here is the bookmarklet:

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We have a lot going on at Xerpi today, preparing for our U.S. launch tomorrow. It's the hectic days like today that make me truly appreciate Xerpi's organizational features.

I used to think of Xerpi as kind of an 'link filing cabinet.' I thought -- what a great place to drop all of the links I want to keep around 'just in case.' Kind of like that paperwork you keep around 'just in case' until you leave the company and then it goes into the big dumpster sized recycling bin.

But then I realized that there are some internet places that I need to visit, or monitor on a daily basis. For work this can be blogs that are relevant to Xerpi's space, or video contest pages that we need to monitor for submission, even internal links such as our bug tracking site, which I need to check in on daily.

For personal use, I check some of my friend's blogs daily, to see what they are up to, and if I am watching an item for purchase on eBay -- or selling one -- I like to keep an eye on that page regularly too.

It's this concept of 'frequently accessed links' that I didn't get before. Now that I get it, I've created a Xerpi block on my 'Work' view called "Daily monitoring" -- there I put all of the blogs, news sites, contest pages, and other work related things I need to track daily. On my "Main" view, I created a 'Check out daily' block, and put all of my ebay watchlist items, friend blogs, casting sites, and any other dynamic sites I need to check regularly. If things get crazy like today, I just make sure that I take at least a few minutes to drill down each of these 'daily' blocks and make sure I haven't missed anything too important. If you are pressed for time, having what you need in one place can really make all the difference.