I started my own del.icio.us page/site, and put half a dozed favorite sites there. Now I have 2 issues to resolve before I go further:
1. Tagging- it seems if I don't use a consistent labeling system, I'll have trouble retrieving the sites I want to access (just like I lose pdf articles and even student files on my own laptop all the time because I forgot which folder I put them in and what I titled them... will this be any better?). To help answer this question, I read Folksonomies: tidying up tags? and am now going to be more cautious of "sloppy tags"(Guy, 2006). The following tips were especially helpful (as quoted from Guy, 2006):"At the moment, although there are no standard guidelines on good tag selection practices, those in the folksonomy community have offered many ideas. Ways in which tags may be improved are presented frequently on blogs and folksonomy discussion sites. In his article on tag literacy, Ulises Ali Mejias suggests a number of tag selection "best practices" [14]. These include:
* using plurals rather than singulars
* using lower case,
* grouping words using an underscore,
* following tag conventions started by others and
* adding synonyms."
2. My other issue: I have a new annoying toolbar at the top of my screen, taking up valuable space that lists the sites I've recently saved in del.icio.us. I need to figure out how to get rid of it, as my igoogle page will lead my to my bookmarks as well, and I need my monitor space back.
So the new project continues, slowly but surely... All the tips and tricks I've received here have been really helpful- I can't wait for more!
3 comments:
Coming up with meaningful tags is definitely important. I wonder if the service suggests tags. Even if they did I would only use that as a back-up. I think the most important thing to do with tags is to make them meaningful to you. You'll need to decide how many categories you want to split your bookmarks into. Splitting them too much may become cumbersome and counter-productive.
Thank you I haven't been on Delicious for awhile and just found some cool stuff looking at the most popular bookmarked sites.
Hi, Ellie, thanks for the tips for tagging. As for your problem about the annoying tool bar, you could try doing this:
Click" view" button on your Browser and unselect the those tool bars you don't want. The tool bars and items that are displayed on your browser will have a "tickle" sign in front.
Even though I find the tips for tagging is really important and useful, I somehow think what Andrew said is true: Tags with something that is meaningful and easier for you to retrieve. I remembered of how our brain works. It's easier to retrieve information that is meaningful and personal to us.
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