3.15.2009

Thing 14: Set up your account and experience Delicious

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Online bookmarking continued. With an account, a customized bookmark list can be shared on topics that interests your readers, and enhance posts. Delicious is one such tool. You could create bookmark lists for:
  • Writer resources
  • Genre authors
  • Recommended reading lists
  • Techniques for Illustrations

To complete Thing 14 you must:
A. Explore Delicious
B. Create your account and begin bookmarking
C. Reflect on Thing 14 on your blog

Explore Delicious
Delicious is powerful for social networking, allowing you to find useful websites through others, and how users have tagged similar links. Watch the following video and then spend some time exploring Delicious.
Video 1: Explore Delicious



Create your account and begin bookmarking
Now you're ready to create an account. View this video first.



This next video will show you how to create bookmarks. Try some after watching it.



For additional review, here is a document, Social Bookmarking with Delicious. You will find some advanced things you can do.

Reflect - Blog Prompts for Thing 14
Include your Delicious username in this blog post so that others can view the bookmarks that you have chosen to share. Then reflect on how you think social bookmarking can be used in your writing/profession. Does Delicious seem to be a tool that can enhance your productivity?

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