Although I think social bookmarking is valuable and easy, I do not use this tool as much as other Web 2.0 tools.
In theory, this approach should help narrow down the overwhelming amount of information available on the Internet, but I still feel overwhelmed with the amount of information being shared. For example, a lot of technology experts shared their Delicious accounts with me at various Classrooms for the Future training events. As excited as I was to have access to their resources, I never actually revisited their sites.
As far as using these sites for my own organizational purposes, I do like that I can get to my bookmarks on any computer (as opposed to the old way of bookmarking sites on a local computer). I also like that I can tag sites with my own words so I can group them in ways that makes sense to me even if it might not be clear to someone else.
Overall, I think I just need to fully embrace the potential of social bookmarking because it would probably make my job and my research a little easier.
You have also opened my eyes a bit more about using this type of tool. I felt that it was more of a way for the whole world to see my "favorites" or bookmarks. You made the point that you could access them from any computer. I think that is a good point for using this type of tool. I do agree with you that the amount a information is overwhelming and I too would probably never visit their sites either. :-)
ReplyDeleteInteresting point about social bookmarking in terms of sharing information. I have to share that I dropped my use of Delicious because of the overwhelming amount of information. However, I started using Diigo from last year because of the highlight feature.
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