I read through the informal, yet entertaining, narrative from the "us.ef.ul" link about how to sign up and use de.licio.us. it is fairly straight forward and i was able to create an account, but will have to wait until i can get back to my work desk computer to download the bookmark tabs for saving those webpages found (i hope it won't prevent me from downloading, which is quite possible).
i, as with rollyo, am not a huge fan of the whole creating an organized system for my bookmarks. i keep very few bookmarks, and even when doing research for an assignment at uni, i tend to make a folder with an appropriate title and just whack all those need-to-remember pdf file pages, etc into that folder, then delete the lot when finished with it. I spend most my time on the computer organizing digital photos, using photoshop, going into email accounts to keep in touch with my family and friends in the states and abroad and to access Facebook for that same social reason. i'm a reader, and sometimes get caught up in a page i've stumbled upon, but mostly i like to spend my time reading books...the turning of each page in anticipation for what's to come, the excitement of picking up the book when you've had a break.... and besides: i get a headache eventually from looking at the computer screen too long.
i like the concept of tagging for when a search needs to be made metadata does make life easier (hence the whole LC index which organizes everything for us)... metadata is a great concept, but i'll leave that to the database creaters and taggers who like to do the tagging.
i am more than aware of how this tool can help people, especially those in the information management fields or any other extensive researcher (just thought of Caroline Wilkinson when she spoke of 10 years of research about dragons; imagine her file system!!) who may enjoy using the internet. but as the guy on us.ef.ul said, he hadn't heard of many historians taking advantage of this tool... wonder if that has changed over time?
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