Thing #13

I created a Del.icio.us account. It only has a few links so far while I have hundreds on links on my favorites even if you don't count the TR Information Department links. I was distracted a bit by Del.icio.us's web address. It is a domain hack which I used to think was a fun trick but now I tend to think of as annoying.

Anyway, I think that some users are always going to be more comfortable with the organizational structure of folders and others are going to be more comfortable with the visual cues presented by tag clouds. So I think I'll be using both for a long time.

I admit it is fun to see how many other people have tagged a particular webpage. I was surprised that some of the first few I tagged that I was the first to do so. Not many people interested in having a .pdf family tree of the Windsors updated to include Viscount Severn, I suppose.

Googling or any fulltext searching has its limitations and tags bring in the combined human (albeit inconsistent) element that addresses the overall subject of a page.

I'm glad to say that the Toms River Information favorites are being converted to a Del.icio.us account. It will be happily shared with the rest of the staff when it is a little farther along. It will be useful to see what other branches have in their links. I've already heard of several working on making their own branch del.icio.us accounts.