Using del.icio.us

I’ve been using del.icio.us for a little over two weeks, and in that time it has become absolutely indispensable to the way that I get things done.

For those who might not be familiar with del.icio.us, it is essentially a “social bookmark” manager; that is, it allows you to bookmark a page and set some meta-data “tags” to describe that page. Then it lumps all of your bookmarks together, or you can view them separately by “tag” you used. Very useful.

However, an almost equally, if not more useful feature, is that you get to access bookmarks added by other people and their tags. For example, I have a category called “design” and I add bookmarks. I can also see other bookmarks other people have tagged for “design”. Even better, I can see how many other people have bookmarked that same site, and peruse their tag category for other useful sites along the same lines. You can even subscribe to RSS feeds for link categories… we’re talking cool as hell, folks.

It takes a few days to get the “zen” of del.icio.us, but once you do, there’s no turning back.

And today, courtesy of the del.icio.us “popular” feed, comes this:

Us.ef.ul: A beginner’s guide to The Next Big Thing

It’s a handy reference to the power of del.icio.us and a great guide to getting started. Check it out!