Before looking into Delicious more thoroughly a while ago, I didn’t think it was anything I could use. Now I kick myself whenever I accidently use “favorites” instead of delicious — inevitably I want to access that saved website elsewhere, but I can’t remember enough about it to find it . . . and I would have it instantly if only I had saved it to delicious.
While I haven’t started to use the networking capabilities, I see their potential. How many times do you email links to coworkers? Steps could be eliminated by establishing a network and common tags. Steps are also eliminated by just sharing a bookmark (i.e. since I just blogged about wikis, check out my bookmarks: http://del.icio.us/kareneidem/Wikis
One of the bloggers I subscribe to has started using the “Daily Blog Postings” function — I can quickly scan what this “expert-in-the-field” thought was important enough to bookmark, and it can lead to some good, new information.
I think this was one of the more interesting “Things” for me when I started learning about it I had such a misconception about its purpose. To quote a couple of songs from the 60’s and 70’s — “I can see clearly now” and “I’m a believer.”
I’m with you! I didn’t appreciate delicious until I started using it, and now I see more applications every day. For example, today there are classes in the library doing history assignments. When it’s time for the bell to ring the students who are on the computers could post the sites they’re on to their delicious accounts. Then it would be a simple matter to find the sites again, from any computer, anywhere.
I love using the tags as it’s so easy to create lists of websites for teachers and students to use for lessons. It’s also come in very handy for some personal uses.
I can see clearly now, and I’m a believer!
-Janet
I didn’t even know about delicious before reading some of the blogs about 23 Things and going to see what the fuss was about. Thanks for sharing!