Bookmark Collector

Announcements for the Spot Me Bookmark have been bouncing around the internet in the last day or so. The feature that makes it unique is the sliding pointer.

As you can see in the photo, the shape is the same as a basic bookmark. However, there’s a simple sliding mechanism that allows a pointer to be positioned where you are reading in the text. The idea being that if your reading is interrupted, when you return to the book you’ll know exactly where to pick up again.

It seems to me that there are two big ‘ifs‘ to the success of this method. If you remember to set the pointer when you break from the book, and if the bookmark doesn’t shift its position, then when you return to the book the bookmark will show you where you left off. As an engineer, I get progressively more uncomfortable with a tool the more it depends on a series of correct user behaviors.

Still, I’ll probably give these a try (I have them on order) and let you know.