Before this course I had never heard of the term “social bookmarking”. It took me a little while to get my head around the application Delicious and it’s usefulness. The three key things about Delicious are:
KEEP- links
SHARE- favourite links/ websites
DISCOVER- new things
I found the first one (keep) the most beneficial so far. Having somewhere to store all of my most commonly visited websites is very useful. In fact I used it today as I went from using my mac at my place to my parents computer at their house. Storing your own bookmarks in one place on the Internet definitely makes sense now. The Internet links us no matter what computer we are at. At first tagging each link seemed like a waste of time but I definitely see the benefit of it now that I have a lot of sites bookmarked- it makes them easier to categorise and search for. I haven’t quite got my head around the sharing part of delicious as I don’t know anyone who has it. The discovery factor of Delicious is great as like Flickr, you can search through other people’s links. It is all about a community sharing resources online…..it saves re-inventing the wheel!
Another part of the ‘community’ aspect of Web 2.0 is through blogs and how you can comment on what other people have written. At first it seemed a bit weird posting comments on other people’s thoughts but once I thought of it as an online conversation I got more used to it.
Hi Cathy.
ReplyDeleteLike you I have not been able to share any bookmarks with anyone I know because I don't have their details. Such a shame. However I am going to be busy exporting all my bookmarks from the laptop and the three classroom computers into one place. I will get your delicious details so that I can share with you our weekly computer activity and then you can easily open it when your are in. Take care. Michaela :)