Cool Tool - Webmynd shows you where you been

Posted by Jim Stroud

July 10, 2008

As many of you know, I live online. I search and search and go from here to there at the speed of mouse. Typically, I use my beloved - Diigo to track all of my bookmarks (and most likely always will), but I recently stumbled across a tool that might be of use in a pinch. Its called Webmynd and it gives you a visual trail of where you’ve been on the web.

Webmynd

Webmynd is not a standalone software application, but rather a plugin for the Firefox browser. So, unless you are runnng the Firefox browser it won’t work for you. (Sorry IE users!) Once its installed, you will notice a red dot at the bottom of your browser. (See the arrow?)

Webmynd

Here is a closer view.

Webmynd

At this point, all you have to do is surf the web as you normally do. At the end of the day, or whenever you want, you click a green player button located just to the right of the red dot we showed you in the previous image. Once you have done that, you will be given 2 options for reviewing the websites you visited previously. The first option is the “Reel” option which lets you look at a screenshot of each website you’ve visited one at a time.

Webmynd

The second option is the “Grid” view which shows about 20-30 screenshots at a time. You can click any one of the pictures to be taken to that website.

Webmynd

Another useful trick from Webmynd is that it integrates itself into Google; so that when you do a Google search, it mixes search results based on websites that you have visited in the past.

Webmynd

Here is a quick video showing you Webmynd in action. Check it out…

If you are a Firefox user, kick the tires on this one. Its a free app and doesn’t slow your system down, at least, not from what I can tell. (Now, where did I last see that resume? I forget the site I was on. It was just a second ago. )

-Jim