del.icio.us and social bookmarking

One of my most valuable tools among my network of friends and business associates is my del.icio.us social bookmarking site. It is one of the most invaluable online tools.

I tag a lot of things http://del.icio.us/springnet/austin

And I rely a lot on my "subscriptions" and "network" for fresh new ideas and concepts on a daily basis.

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matt's picture

You know, that is one site I

Submitted by matt on Thu, Feb 7 2008 - 9:00 PM.

You know, that is one site I have never really used. How do you personally benefit from it?

Matt
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johnwohn's picture

I use del.icio.us all the

Submitted by johnwohn on Thu, Feb 7 2008 - 9:46 PM.

I use del.icio.us all the time to tag various cool web sites I've stumbled across. I put in my own tags for the site. Then, 6 months later, when I sort of remember reading something about a given topic, I go look through my tags. It really does work for me - I'm able to find useful information much easier than with just browser bookmarks. I don't use the network or the subscription features.

springnet's picture

You might find my

Submitted by springnet on Fri, Feb 8 2008 - 2:04 PM.

You might find my del.icio.us tags marked del.icio.us if you're looking for new ways to use it.

http://del.icio.us/springnet/del.icio.us

matt's picture

Thanks much. I need to look

Submitted by matt on Fri, Feb 8 2008 - 2:42 PM.

Thanks much. I need to look into it some more. There were a few instances where I used del.icio.us to search (versus Google) because I wanted content that humans decided was useful via tags.

Matt
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springnet's picture

I spend 3/4s of my time on

Submitted by springnet on Fri, Feb 8 2008 - 7:00 PM.

I spend 3/4s of my time on del.icio.us and a 1/4 th on google when it comes to search. I tried developing a tag base search engine but it became too complex to deal with http://tagslides.com

shey's picture

I like the way del.icio.us

Submitted by shey on Mon, Feb 18 2008 - 4:26 PM.

I like the way del.icio.us let's you subscribe to tags and also to build a network of folks who are tagging things similar to your interests.

ciamele's picture

You might want to consider

Submitted by ciamele on Tue, Feb 19 2008 - 7:00 PM.

You might want to consider looking at Google's Notebook. Much like del.icio.us, you can keep bookmarks. But I take it a step further and make notes with important paragraphs, links, pictures, etc. You can also use Notebook to to create to do lists, create tags, and if you want, export it to Google Docs so you can print the document. You have to install an add-on (works with Firefox and IE, maybe others too).

I believe you can publish notes, too, but I've never tried that feature.

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Christopher Iamele
Email: ciamele at austin dot rr dot com

shey's picture

I got started with google

Submitted by shey on Tue, Feb 19 2008 - 7:45 PM.

I got started with google notebook but kind of dropped the ball... I need to start using this again.

Valerie826's picture

I'm still getting my feet

Submitted by Valerie826 on Mon, Feb 25 2008 - 12:58 PM.

I'm still getting my feet wet with these bookmarking sites. Thank you for the info about google notebook.

Valerie Dennis
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/vcd0826

springnet's picture

http://mahalo.com now has a

Submitted by springnet on Wed, Apr 9 2008 - 11:10 AM.

http://mahalo.com now has a pretty good contender to del.icio.us and digg but it's too early in the game to call them a winner. I recently became a paid editor on mahalo though I haven't seen dime one yet.