hmmm...let's see..creme brulee...ben & jerry's cherry garcia ice cream....chocolate chocolate cake.... yes, that was a bad attempt at a joke but i *have* been wondering how this utility's title and function are related. it seems like i saw a link to something that explained this very idea, but i have yet to come across it again.
i feel like i may be missing part of the big picture with del.icio.us because the 12 min. video tutorial that we were instructed to watch has been unavailable since i started this endeavor. (error messages pop-up every time i attempt the link and a google search was also fruitless. i believe the video may have been removed?)
in any case, i like the idea of having my favorites housed in one location so that i can access them from any computer. i can see how this would be a valuable reference tool at the service desk as well. in addition to the convenience, it is nice to de-clutter my bookmarks on my desktop and to merge my favorites on my work and home computers into one location. on the downside, it is a lot of work to tag this initial group of bookmarks and i am nowhere close to finishing. i find it very tedious and quit soon after i start.
i experienced this same feeling when i started a librarything account as well. i thought "oh neat" i can keep track of everything i read for personal and reader's advisory purposes without keeping an old-fashioned list on paper (which i usually lose anyway). but whenever i add new books, i don't bother with the tags and i tell myself that i can add them later. (i never do). so i am down with the list part of this tool (list-making is one of my favorite things to do) but i haven't quite grasped the tagging aspect fully. i guess what i am trying to say is that my brain is having trouble transitioning from the organizational method of a traditional folder hierarchy of favorites to the "flat" hierarchy used by del.icio.us.
in any case, i like the idea of having my favorites housed in one location so that i can access them from any computer. i can see how this would be a valuable reference tool at the service desk as well. in addition to the convenience, it is nice to de-clutter my bookmarks on my desktop and to merge my favorites on my work and home computers into one location. on the downside, it is a lot of work to tag this initial group of bookmarks and i am nowhere close to finishing. i find it very tedious and quit soon after i start.
i experienced this same feeling when i started a librarything account as well. i thought "oh neat" i can keep track of everything i read for personal and reader's advisory purposes without keeping an old-fashioned list on paper (which i usually lose anyway). but whenever i add new books, i don't bother with the tags and i tell myself that i can add them later. (i never do). so i am down with the list part of this tool (list-making is one of my favorite things to do) but i haven't quite grasped the tagging aspect fully. i guess what i am trying to say is that my brain is having trouble transitioning from the organizational method of a traditional folder hierarchy of favorites to the "flat" hierarchy used by del.icio.us.
