Shaun R. Haber

This post will wrap up my self-satisfying site addition series so I can get on to posting more ‘fun’ content.

One thing I really like about Ethan’s blog (blackrimglasses.com) is his running links in the sidebar. He uses this area to collect random information and write a small commentary about each find.

I have essentially been doing the same thing within del.icio.us. Anytime I find a site that interests me, I bookmark it for future reference.

Now, any web-savvy geek knows that del.icio.us heavily uses a tagging system in which its users create an ever emerging and evolving folksonomy of keywords for each and every bookmarked site. However, del.icio.us also provides a useful ‘Notes’ field for each bookmark, a feature that tends to be overlooked.

I’ve recently started using the Notes field to add a small commentary for each of my bookmarks. This is particularly useful when the page title reveals very little about the site content. It is also useful for keeping my tag cloud somewhat controlled, as I can use any tag-unworthy words in the Notes field since it gets indexed along with the tags. This aids future findability, should I want to search my bookmarks using a keyword that is not one of my tags.

My (15 most recent) del.icio.us links are in the sidebar, along with their notes. Though most of my bookmarks are web-related (my top three tags right now are css, web, and design), I do occasionally bookmark fun sites and stuff. Check them out!