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March 6, 2005
de.lay.ed on del.icio.us no more...
So, I wasn't sure what del.icio.us was for the longest time, other than some very clever sub-host naming on a domain for a URL.
Anyway, I saw this post by Whitney McNamara at SeaMonkeyRodeo:
Wednesday, February 09, 2005
You Old-fashioned "Web browser" People Can Stop Bugging Me
And that helped to clue me in. What is it? From the del.icio.us site:
del.icio.us is a social bookmarks manager. It allows you to easily add sites you like to your personal collection of links, to categorize those sites with keywords, and to share your collection not only between your own browsers and machines, but also with others.
I'd say at this point, for me, I see it as a nice way to get my bookmarks:
• Published online so I (or anyone) can reference them via a browser
• Made available as an RSS feed as well, so I (or anyone) can use these in otherways than straight browser viewing
• Organize according to keywords and easily drill in topically - assuming I make decent use of the feature by labeling my entries appropriately.
I'm sure there is more, but I'm definitely a del.icio.us newbie.
Matt Blumberg's initial bookmark feed is off and running.
So far, I like the keyword tagging best, here you can see my initial attempts to build out my "Privacy" section, also tagged with a "Reference" lable as well.
Whitney has an extensive bookmark list, which in a way, the way he posts to it, is like a blog of its' own. A "blookmark" page? Blogmarking? Especially the way he now carries the latest 10 del.icio.us posts in a column on his blog - it comes off as a richer content area than just bookmark links.
Once I have some decent volume I may try the same thing.
Now, on the downside, I have a few hundred bookmarks in My Yahoo! that I'll have to convert over. On the plus side, the benefits of del.icio.us seem to be more than worth it, plus I can weed out the expired bookmarks, and achieve the organization I've been seeking for bookmarks for a long time.
Ah, geekdom. It just feels good. :)
Final thought: I wonder when del.icio.us will be bought by Google?
Posted by gcrgcr at March 6, 2005 9:24 PM
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