Well, I didn't think I was going to think much of Del.icio.us, but boy is it addictive. Just looking around was not all that interesting, but once I created an account and started adding my own bookmarks, I really got hooked. It was somewhat fascinating to me to find out how many other people had a particular site bookmarked, and what they had to say about the sites. This could turn into a huge time waster for me. I think it has a very similar appeal to LibraryThing. And like LibraryThing, while I was very enthused at first, I probably won't end up spending that much time on it in the long run. Still, I'm glad to have checked it out.
One thing I especially liked was adding bookmarks for sites belonging to friends of mine who are film makers, or are otherwise in need of publicity. I hope that someone will stumble upon their sites this way. For three out of the four like this that I posted, I was the first to post the bookmark. However, one was already out there, which pleased and surprised me.
Again, using it at work is not jumping immediately to mind. The possibilities are there, I have no doubt. I think this is another effect of working on the Circ Side (was that the Dark Side, you said? No? My mistake.) as opposed to the Reference Side of Life.
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