Thing 11: Tagging

In the tutorial, I liked the distinction made between taxonomy and folksonomy being that folksonomies are "user driven." It also helped to think of delicious as a "collection of URLs."

I created a Delicious account about a year ago for a class, but didn't really use it. This was a good refresher. I was able to find my account. The tutorial was a good reminder about the advantage of using Delicious...that is, you can access your bookmarks from any computer, anywhere.

I can definitely see the usefulness of this tool for managing research and for sharing links with others. The example in the tutorial about creating a unique tag (e.g. ALAL2) was useful in understanding how a group could create a shared reading list.