Deliciously Helpful!

I'm always on the quest for something delicious!

Joely Fisher

Well, I have found something absolutely "delicious" to share with you. It's a site called http://del.icio.us/. In addition to its...well...profoundly delicious name, it's a wonderful site in and of itself. In a nutshell, it allows you to store all your favorites (i.e. "bookmarks") in one Internet location so that you can access them from any computer. I don't know about you, but I find this resource most helpful indeedy! I can't tell you how many times I have gone to use a computer other than my own and forgotten the url of the site I want to visit because I've kept it stored in my favorites on my home computer. Having one-click access to your bookmarks is the Internet equivalent of speed dial--good to have, but it does tax the old brain cells when it' s not available! If you travel, use Internet cafes or the free computers at the library (or just mooch off your friends!), it's a great site to be able to access. It's also handy if you don't want the entire office seeing that you saved your personal web sites to your favorites. Your co-workers don't really need to know that you've joined Weight Watchers or that you read the postings at My Jellybean.

It involves the downloading and installation of two small buttons to your toolbar, but then you'll be up and running. In addition, http://del.icio.us/ can help you search for sites that might be of interest to you, alerts you of "tags to watch" ("tags" being a bookmarked favorite on the site), allows you to establish a network of other del.cio.us users, and points out the popular items on the site. If you have a web site yourself, it's a great tool to drive traffic to your site. It's also got a great blog.

In their own words:

del.icio.us is a social bookmarking website, which means it is designed to allow you to store and share bookmarks on the web, instead of inside your browser. This has several advantages.
First, you can get to your bookmarks from anywhere, no matter whether you're at home, at work, in a library, or on a friend's computer.
Second, you can share your bookmarks publicly, so your friends, coworkers, and other people can view them for reference, amusement, collaboration, or anything else. (Note that you can also mark bookmarks on del.icio.us as private -- only viewable by you -- if you like.)
Third, you can find other people on del.icio.us who have interesting bookmarks and add their links to your own collection. Everyone on del.icio.us chooses to save their bookmarks for a reason. You have access to the links that everyone wants to remember. You can see whether two people have chosen to remember a link, or whether it was useful enough for a thousand people to remember -- which may help you find things that are useful for you, too.

Here's how to get started with del.icio.us. Check it out--you'll be impressed! And remember to flag my blog and web site after you sign up!