Social bookmarking is a great way to share ideas and research opportunities. We do not live in a vacuum and we need to ask questions and opinions of other people. The ability to share our findings may trigger another research idea or a chance to contribute to another project. It is easy to feel bombarded by too much information, but the organizational use of tabs makes for easy filing of digital information.
I like the ability to lock some bookmarks. These remain private. When an account is being shared for a specific purpose, the user must be aware that some sites may not be applicable for the current use. When the specific application is over, users may be deleted. However, this would eliminate the benefit of the socialization aspect of Delicious. A better option might be to create a separate account for these personal bookmarks or just keep them private.
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I too feel the pain of too much information. I also have trouble ignoring interesting things, so my pain is compounded. I also can relate to the personal vs. professional situation. I suppose two accounts could solve this problem, but then we have twice the information!
ReplyDeleteDeveloping strategies for dealing with the amount of information that comes at us on a daily basis is definitely important. I think social bookmarking sites such as del.icio.us and newsreaders like Google Reader can help with that. Regarding having some bookmarks kept private, I actually do have two del.icio.us accounts - a personal and and a professional/public one.
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