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Before looking into Delicious more thoroughly a while ago, I didn’t think it was anything I could use. Now I kick myself whenever I accidently use “favorites” instead of delicious — inevitably I want to access that saved website elsewhere, but I can’t remember enough about it to find it . . . and I would have it instantly if only I had saved it to delicious.
While I haven’t started to use the networking capabilities, I see their potential. How many times do you email links to coworkers? Steps could be eliminated by establishing a network and common tags. Steps are also eliminated by just sharing a bookmark (i.e. since I just blogged about wikis, check out my bookmarks: http://del.icio.us/kareneidem/Wikis
One of the bloggers I subscribe to has started using the “Daily Blog Postings” function — I can quickly scan what this “expert-in-the-field” thought was important enough to bookmark, and it can lead to some good, new information.
I think this was one of the more interesting “Things” for me when I started learning about it I had such a misconception about its purpose. To quote a couple of songs from the 60’s and 70’s — “I can see clearly now” and “I’m a believer.”
Just a quick note from me on Things 6 & 7 (RPC) & 8 (Dribbling). You all know that the address to the Research Project Calculator is http://rpc.elm4you.org/. And I’m betting that most of you are going to http://www.metrolibraries.net/pro/dribbling.html for the Dribbling Lessons. But did you know that you can get to the Dribbling Lessons from the RPC site? If you are using the RPC regularly, this would be an easier route for you . . .
For example, if you go to http://rpc.elm4you.org/ and click on “Support Materials,” you’ll find a link to the Dribbling Lessons beneath the support materials for each step. For example,
I know that this has been mentioned, but I wanted to share this timesaver for the people who may not have “caught” it. Especially since there have been several posts about how useful the RPC and Dribbling Lessons have been for some of you! (It works the other way, too. You can link to the RPC from the first page of the Dribbling Lessons.)
As I’ve mentioned before, if you have comments on or suggestions for the Dribbling Lessons, please let me know since I’m going to be working on improving it this semester. Any feedback is appreciated!
