I previously had a Delicious account, but I wasn't really crazy about sharing my bookmarked items with the general public, I mean they're MINE, and I'll admit I'm basically selfish! I'll share when I'm good and ready. What's mine is mine! Talk about big brother getting into all of your goodies. I'm sure he's watching over my shoulder as I type my blog... That is until I discovered I didn't have to share with everybody, as I could edit my "Network Privacy" and make my own bookmarks private.
Then after I FINALLY figured out how to export my considerable amount of bookmarks from my work computer and import them back to Delicious, it was like an "AHA" moment. It did not put them in subject folders like I already had them, and the only option for sorting is either "alphabetically" or "most recent." It was kind enough to add instant tags to my just imported bookmarks, and I suppose that's where the tagging/labeling comes in handy, but quite frankly I don't have the time to do this now. I hope the instant tags are relevant for searching later on.
It seemed much easier for me to create a folder and just throw them in the folder!
The fact that Delicious lets you access your bookmarks from any computer is very appealing, but it will only be a great timesaver once I've invested the time in sorting and tagging the bookmarks in a much more usable way other than the two default sorting methods. As far as it being "Delicious" in that the social aspect of the bookmarking service rates highly with many, but for me... I'd rather be offered a big slice of fresh carrot cake, thank you very much. Now THAT's delicious! mmmmmm....
And while we're at it, can I share this great recipe website?
All Recipes is one of my personal favorites.
Awesome Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
2. DOH! “Social Bookmarking in Plain English”
Why didn't you put this video FIRST? I'm going to have to look at ALL the videos this Common Craft Show produces, because they make everything so easy to understand. I a may even start recommending some of their videos to my patrons. After viewing this, I think my "anti-social" viewpoint of Delicious has just changed. Actually, I still don't have that much time to go back and tag, but at least now I do see the relevance. YAY!
3. Looked around NEFLIN23things Delicious account and picked "blogs." I found an interesing link to the Top 25 Librarian Bloggers (By the Numbers)
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5. I tried several times to save my "Network badge" script and it failed every time? I followed the instructions, so I don't know what went wrong. Running out of time... argggghhh!!!
P.S. I briefly unfurled Furl but did not have the strength at this time to sign up for yet another account, so I merely used this mostly as a search engine. Even through the search box and the "Explore" menu, I was able to find some interesting websites so it's worthy of keeping as an extra tool.
