del.icio.us

This week I had an opportunity to explore the social bookmark manager del.icio.us and learn about tagging. I must say, this week’s lesson has been the most taxing one so far. Let me start by saying, I like the idea of bookmarking. The concept of creating a list of links that can be accessed from any computer is appealing. What wasn’t appealing were the Discovery Exercises, or more specifically, the del.icio.us tour. I tried viewing the recommended 8 minute del.icio.us tutorial, on various computers but could never get the file to open.
I finally gave up, and just played around on the site myself. I reviewed the Help screen and the FAQ’s, however it would have been nice to have the actual tutorial, for a better overview. I think overall, social bookmark managers, such as del.icio.us, have the potential to be great tools for research (especially, since they can be used to keep track of all the source materials and commentary that you find online). But they also offer great potential for fun.