Comments on: All My Yum-Yums in One Place: How I Use Del.icio.us

By: Jany’s Del.icio.us « thilly thenny

Jany’s Del.icio.us « thilly thenny — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:33:12 +0000

[...] and after a while, I just forgot about del.icio.us… until two things happened: 1) I read Amanda Gravel’s post on using del.icio.us as an online portfolio and 2) I started seriously compiling all my RSS feeds [...]

By: John Johansen

John Johansen — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:20:04 +0000

I’ve had a del.icio.us account for a while but only really started using it after having some people like Bryan (in his podcast) explain how beneficial it can really be. Now, my first impulse is to save pages I find to del.icio.us for myself and anyone else that finds my page.

But, one experiment that I’ve been doing with del.icio.us is to have a tag for each of my blog posts and save all the links I used with that tag. So, if someone wants to see all the links in my post with more context than just the anchor text, they can also check out my del.icio.us page for it.

By: Colin Fast

Colin Fast — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:10:38 +0000

Stellar idea Amanda, and a well executed del.icio.us page. This is great advice for “future rockstars”, but I think just about anyone could benefit from following a similar strategy to track and gather all online activity. I also love it when people take the time to add descriptions to their bookmarks, it makes the service much more usable.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:25:59 +0000

Veeery clever. I see a new account in my future, thanks for the idea! I use de.icio.us for links I’d like to share w/ friends (the links show up on my blog in a daily link roll), but I also tag a link as “wanna” if it’s something I want to give or receive as a gift. I’ve found this handy come Christmas time when my boyfriend’s mom asks me what I’d like for Christmas. I have to tell her something, but I can never think of anything! I pull up my ‘wanna’ tag and BAM! a whole list of goodies I’d never remember otherwise. (This seems very self-serving in comparison to example, but you asked!). ;)

By: Amanda Gravel

Amanda Gravel — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 02:43:04 +0000

Thank you for your commments Jeff, Bryan and Mary-Lynn!

By: Bigg Success

Bigg Success — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:02:47 +0000

We’re trying to understand how to tag better. Seems it is an art. We’ve bookmarked this page for future reference, and plan to listen to Bryan Person’s podcast! Thanks for making the learning process so easy!

By: Bryan Person, Bryper.com

Bryan Person, Bryper.com — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:09:20 +0000

Nice post here, Amanda. Del.icio.us (just found out this morning that delicious.com also works — and it’s much faster to type) has proven valuable to me, too. Here are a couple of other ways that I use it.

* I use the “commented” tag for all posts that I comment on — like this one. This helps me — and anyone else who might be looking — keep track of which posts were moving me to action.
* I click the “do not share” box for links that I need to keep private. This could be for posts about my employer’s competition, embarrassingly bad songs that I don’t want anyone to know that I like, or posts I’m compiling for an upcoming client presentation.
* I use the “for:username” convention to share links with other members of my del.icio.us network. (Amanda, check the “links for you” section of your del.icio.us account now!)

Here’s a podcast episode I published last year with tips on getting the most out of del.icio.us: http://tinyurl.com/268o8m

By: (jeff)isageek

(jeff)isageek — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 07:27:52 +0000

i am a huge del.icio.us geek! it is such a simple yet useful site to keep pretty much anything you do or read on the net like you said.

I have found it to be a great tool to point my friends at when they are looking for some information from me.

I would recommend del.icio.us to any geek to be. :D