Ever have one of those situations when you learned something, made a decision related to what you learned, found that the information on which the decision was based had changed, and then not been sure that you understood what you thought had happened in the first pace had actually happened? Probably not. I could have sworn a week or so ago Diigo added a premium service and severely reduced the capabilities of the free (and education) versions.
The price for the premium service was $40 and this seemed like a long way from free and for me a lot for the advantages the service would offer me over Delicious and other premium services I have already invested in (e.g., Evernote). The combination of Delicious and Evernote would allow me to accomplish pretty much the same things as the Premium Diigo. Half of the price and I might have bit.
Then, like someone out there was reading my mind or perhaps my tweets, the $20 “basic” membership appeared. My credit card was out of my pocket in an instant.
I think educators must get beyond expecting online resources and services will be free. $40 a year was just a bit much.
