20 Ways to Hamstoo (Part 1)

Wondering how to Hamstoo? Here are 10 ways we think you'll find useful. And stay tuned for 10 more in part 2.

1) Digital memory

Think of Hamstoo as a digital reflection of your mental past where you can keep both old and new in one giant searchable bucket–a digital brain–your own personal digiome. Store interesting articles, ideas, thoughts, pictures, and links, Hamstoo allows you to go back and track where you have been to help you find it later when you need it.

2) Bookmarks

Creating pointers to information, (book)marks, is the essence of Hamstoo. Marks can be created on the Add page at hamstoo.com or even more easily with Hamstoo for Chrome with a simple click in your browser's toolbar. Hint: Look for the star on the right side of your URL, that is for Hamstoo! Just click the star and your article will be added to your Hamstoo bookmarking page. Traditional bookmarks are virtually impossible to search, but we store the content of the sites you mark as fodder for your future searches.

3) Annotate the web

Speaking of Hamstoo for Chrome, with it you can annotate nearly any page on the web. Create highlights and notes right on top of the pages themselves. Your highlights and notes will stick around when you leave and return—your very own digital breadcrumb trail. Plus they're attached to your marks so you can see them all back at home base. This way your annotations and great finds can be sent to your friends and family.

4) Search

We'll help you find it! Our search isn’t a mere keyword search, it’s semantic search. It understands the meanings of words as well as their specific text. And soon you’ll be able to adjust your search preferences in new ways to explore and drill down for a better understanding of your digital brain. Be your own digital brain surgeon!

5) Personalize

Bookmark a webpage and our ratings prediction engine will guess a rating for you. Over time we'll understand what you like and don't. Coming soon, our recommendations engine will suggest content personalized just for you that you might have missed. No more wasting your time looking when every page on the web relevant to you is right at your fingertips.

6) Cross-reference

Question: How do you search online for something but limit the results to stuff you’ve already looked at? Answer: You can’t. But you can with Hamstoo. Just like in the real world, "stuff you’ve already looked at," is your digital brain, precisely.

7) Reminders

Tired of Post-Its on your laptop, monitor, office furniture, fridge? Use Hamstoo as a reminder service– an alternative to all those stickers you have everywhere. Hamstoo can help make your workplace neater, cleaner, and way easier.

8) Organize

We all spend way too much time organizing. Ever spent half a day organizing your Outlook folders? I have. Have no fear. Don't be afraid of losing even the most insignificant email. With Hamstoo you can search using a whole array of cognitive search criteria and never worry about losing access to your most precious information.

9) Collaborate

Hamstoo can help teams collaborate. Marks can be shared with individuals or groups–or the world. Marks are the seeds of ideas. Don’t get lost sharing a document with a group only to find a page filled with random URL’s.

10) Notebook

Writing notes in Hamstoo is more convenient than with pen and paper–such 19th-century technology, pshaw. Recall all of those cherished notebooks you've had throughout your life. If they could only see you now. Think of each mark you create at Hamstoo as it’s own fresh blank page of a notebook.