23 Things Assignment #5

Bookmarking and Tagging

A couple of years ago I started to use Furl to organize my bookmarks. I have several emails of new websites coming to me (and when I bored at home I play with Stumble). I was always finding something that would be great for reference for the kids (e.g. the Poe site or the Dante site) but I had so many that the bookmarks weren't organizing it effectively and I couldn't access them from all the computers I use. For some reason I stopped using Furl late last winter and forgot to add any. I went back this week and found I have about 400 links in Furl. I know that Del.icio.us exists but hadn't changed to it because I liked Furl. I have tried Del.icio.us at home now and really like the ease of using it. The tagging is much simpler and very convenient. The reviews of the two suggest that Furl has some advantages because it archives the pages you tag. Del.icio.us just saves a link. I can transfer stuff from Del.icio.us to Furl but not vice versa. I would like to continue with Del.icio.us (mostly because when I asked a Manager about whether I could put Furl on the TPL computers I received a firm NO). I think with 400 sites that have been bookmarked but I haven't looked at for 6 months I should go through Furl and manually transfer the useful ones -- one can get carried away. I love browsing other peoples interests and found it much clearer on Furl. Since I've played around with Del.icio.us I am finding it OK -- I think my first love is Furl but I will throw it over for the TPL designate. I haven't had time to add the button at work (I did, despite the Manager, add the Furl and the world didn't end) but when I get a spare moment will. I am so glad after years of being told NOT to download we are encouraged to get a few important tools we should have had years ago (or a year ago at least--I end up thinking the Internet has always been here and went into a state of shock a few weeks ago when Google announce its 9th birthday--its still that new?).

P.S. As one of the aging population I have to admit that the font (pale lavender?) for Del.icio.us is impossible to read so I have changed it to brown.