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.”
