{"id":433,"date":"2011-05-04T19:03:21","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T00:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/?p=433"},"modified":"2011-05-04T18:42:50","modified_gmt":"2011-05-04T23:42:50","slug":"bookmarking-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/2011\/05\/bookmarking-websites\/","title":{"rendered":"Bookmarking Websites"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of my first forays into cloud computing was most likely with Delicious<\/a>, a social bookmarking site. Again, my husband encouraged me to sign-up! Part of me was resistant, and I see a pattern, don\u2019t you? \u2013 I\u2019ve resisted adopting new technology, repeatedly. As so often happens, once I jump on board to trying it out, I realize the value. Just because something works \u201cfine\u201d as it is, doesn\u2019t mean that there\u2019s not room for improvement. This is exactly what I found with Delicious, an improved way for bookmarking.<\/p>\n

Delicious essentially offers you a place to collect various websites you want to bookmark. You create a free account and will have access to your bookmarks on any computer with an Internet connection. Since it\u2019s not located on your computer, you\u2019ll always have access to your bookmarks. If something were to happen to your computer, your bookmarks are safe and accessible.<\/p>\n

When you add a bookmark to your Delicious account, you create tags \u2013 or keywords so you can find the bookmark again when you need it \u2013 and as many tags as you want. Also, you can create \u201ctag bundles\u201d so you can group similar bookmarks together by more than just tags. Of course, you need to make sure you add tags regularly \u2013 ideally as you\u2019re bookmarking, or at least relatively soon after creating them \u2013 otherwise it can become cluttered. I wish multiple word tags would work, but you need to include punctuation to make it work \u2013 i.e. Under_Cabinet.<\/p>\n

Yet, those features do not cover what is the strongest feature of Delicious \u2013 the ability of sharing your bookmarks with others. Just like the social media craze; you follow other users and can see their bookmarks. I\u2019ve created a page with resources<\/a> at http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/JenniferLinnig that anyone can see (or subscribe to) \u2013 from the various local places for donating, the vendors at the last two NAPO conferences I attended, and some specific items I\u2019ve found to help various clients.\u00a0 You can check it out without even signing up – so go check out what I’ve bookmarked.<\/p>\n

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Screenshot of JenniferLinnig Delicious page - NAPO2011<\/p><\/div>\n

I also like that I can search for what others are bookmarking on various subjects \u2013 like organizing or productivity. As long as people don\u2019t mark it as private, you can see what others are bookmarking. Often these results are more helpful than a general search using Google or Bing.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been waiting to write about Delicious; there were rumors of the demise of Delicious until last week \u2013 when it was announced that the founders of YouTube have acquired Delicious and are planning on support and improvements. One of their goals is to make it compatible again with Firefox, where you have direct access to your Delicious bookmarks and toolbar buttons for quick bookmarking options.<\/p>\n

There are a few problems with Delicious \u2013 though I find them minor in the grand scheme of things. You have the potential for bookmarking the same site without a warning from Delicious, though some of this can be avoided by paying attention when you\u2019re bookmarking \u2013 since if you\u2019ve already bookmarked it, the tags and notes will be in the window. There is also no way to know if your links become broken \u2013 and as I\u2019ve bookmarked specific product pages, those often stop working. This isn\u2019t a Delicious problem really since it\u2019s the website that removes a product or moves the page somewhere else on their website. It certainly would be convenient to know when those links stop working though.<\/p>\n

Overall, Delicious is a great social bookmarking tool. You can share your bookmarks and keep them safe. I\u2019m thrilled that the founders of YouTube have adopted them, and all of us Delicious users will continue to have access to this resource. I love how much more organized my bookmarks can be by using Delicious and therefore that much easier to find and share.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019ve been using a computer for any length of time, you probably save websites to your computer. Although this is fine, there\u2019s a great cloud computing resource for saving, organizing, and even sharing your bookmarks \u2013 Delicious.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[8,25,22,15],"class_list":["post-433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cloud-computing","tag-discipline","tag-postaweek2011","tag-productivity","tag-resources"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7p82c-6Z","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":438,"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433\/revisions\/438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}