Blog posts, podcasts, articles, media, press coverage, academic articles, etc…. Hook Discussed on the Web
Many web links contain unnecessary tracking parameters and other clutter. These make URLs longer, harder to read, and potentially less private. Hookmark’s free Clean My Links feature automatically removes unnecessary information from web URLs, making them cleaner, easier to share, and more suitable for long-term use. In a new Substack article I explained why URL
The Hidden Tracking Junk in Web Links — and How to Remove It Read More »
Hookmark has a much longer history than most people realize. Its origins go back well before the first public beta, which we released on January 24, 2014—exactly 30 years after Apple’s famous “1984” Macintosh commercial. Years earlier, while leading the development of gStudy at Simon Fraser University as part of the Learning Kit project, I
Why We Built Hookmark: The Meta-Access Problem Read More »
We are delighted to see Hookmark featured among Brett Terpstra’s Favorites of 2025 — alongside many truly excellent apps.
Brett Terpstra’s Favorites of 2025: Three of Mine Are Listed Read More »
Yesterday, Mark Bernstein—the developer of Tinderbox and editor of Winterfest—posted on X about an article by Andy Brice, Is the golden age of Indie software over? After reading it, I replied on X: “@eastgate I’ve hooked this page to the WinterFest page using Hookmark, which also automatically bookmarks both pages in Hookmark — for ease
A Small X Exchange That Explains a Big Idea Behind Hookmark Read More »
David Sparks (aka “MacSparky”) has long argued that productivity tools should help us jump directly to meaning, rather than force us through layers of navigation and search. David is also an avid user of Hookmark. We recently sponsored his Mac Power Users podcast and asked him to talk about how he uses the app. Here
David Sparks Explains Contextual Computing — with Hookmark Read More »
Brett Terpstra and I blogged about Hookmark + Linkding Integration on his website. It’s worth reading.
Save Your Bookmarks in Linkding with Hookmark Read More »
