Sound of funeral dirge in the background....my home computer died this week. The ol' hard drive just stopped working. Which brings us to the topic of Delicious. I wish I had created those bookmarks BEFORE my old system went to the great dustbin in the sky. With all the upgrades at work, it also makes sense to save bookmarks to a 'non-local' source such as Delicious in case you are working in another branch or your staff PC is re-imaged.
Tagging makes information storage and retrieval more meaningful. It was interesting to note, of the bookmarks I added, how many other people had added them as well. Creates more opportunities of communication between people of like interests.
Technorati was interesting but a little overwhelming. After reading through several of the most popular blogs, subject-related blogs, etc. I found it important to remind myself that these were created by people expressing their opinions. They are not meant to be taken as authoritative. As a librarian, this reminds me once again about how important our job is in assisting our patrons to find good quality, authoritative information on subjects - not just someone's opinion expressed in their blog.
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