OK – for starters, I hate the way Del.icio.us is spelt. Those dots are so irritating!!!

Apart from this, I guess this site might be useful. It would be handy to have all my bookmarks in one place that I could access anywhere. I do tend to go from computer to computer, so the “favourites” tool is fairly useless, unless I’m at home. Being able to share bookmarks with friends or colleagues would also be beneficial. It would save a lot of time emailing links to everyone.

Maybe it’s my library training, or the mood I’m in or something, but I’m not all that keen on everyone just making up their own tags all over the place. I have no objection to this for personal filing use (whatever helps you to remember!), but I have my doubts for educational or library use, unless you got everyone in the group to agree to use the same tags. If you try to search del.icio.us,  it’s just so messy. You could find things by serendipity, which is nice, but there is no consistency and a whole lot of rubbish in with the good stuff.

While I’m having a whinge – why is it that everything associated with technology takes so long to do! I’m longing for the simple days of paper and pens. So quick, so easy, no accounts and no passwords!!!!