Thing 17: Tagging and Del.icio.us

So we're just branching out everywhere, aren't we?

I must say I like this tagging idea. As someone in the field of hyper-sensitive organization of information, it is a little disturbing that there is absolutely no control or authority in how people tag things. If joe schmo wants to tag the CNN site as "blasphemous" he can, while mary doe tags it as "news." Go figure - something for every taste.

First impression of del.icio.us - where in the heck did the name come from? am i missing something? is there an advantage to making a word look like an IP address with "." breaking it up?? i don't get it...

That aside, I love the idea that I can have web-based bookmarks that will be available regardless of which computer I'm using. That in itself makes this a valuable service.

I'm not sure I'd really use the social bookmarking aspect in following who tags sites similar to ones I've tagged, then again I'll never say never.

on the other hand, i'm not sure i want people snooping into my bookmarks, either. guess that's the price to pay in this social 2.0 world...show me yours and i'll show you mine...

I think it's a cool feature, too, about podcasting. looks easy to post mp3 files to del.icio.us, and it's handy that they'll create the rss feed for you!

i think this would be a great tool for research. particularly if one is doing research on some esoteric topic and the field of colleagues is limited. would be a great way to find others doing the same esoteric thing you are!