I have to confess some laziness on my part. I've know about Delicious for some time, but just was never motivated to look into it. Nothing like a class assignment for motivation. In the past, I have used Google bookmarks, but, as ironic as it sounds, when I switched to Chrome I stopped using it. While Google bookmarks gave me access to my bookmarks where every I wanted, I only benefited from my own surfing efforts. In this respect Delicious is...well...delicious.
While listening to one of the Atomic learning lessons, the speaker subscribed to "crockpot." That was interesting since I often use the crockpot for family meals. So, I combined Delicious with Reader and subscribed to an RSS feed for "crockpot" "recipes." Needless to say, I'm am now quite hungry.
The simplicity of having a "tag" button at the end of the address bar means, I'll be using delicious from now on. Having access to what others feel is important is going to be useful in so many areas of my life (not the least of which is teaching).
While I've know what RSS is, the few times I've attempt to use a reader never produced much success. However, Google Reader seems very intuitive. I've dropped the gadget on igoogle and have my crockpot receipes waiting for me on my home page. How could life be any better?
I've used the Collectorz suite of software for some time, but Library Thing takes this to the next level. Price is certainly a factor. Who can argue with $25 for a lifetime membership? Book Collector may be a little fancier in appearance, but the community, collaborative nature of Library Thing is great.
I have some much homework to do!!!
Thank you - nicely done!
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