Quite Del.icio.us

Del.icio.us is a website that lets you save your favorites in an organized and easy to use format. It also has a feature that lets you identify you favorites with keywords of your own choosing -- these are called "tags". A user is able to enter a tag name and take a look at similiar favorites saved by other Del.icio.us users.

I enjoyed using Del.icio.us. I looked up the tags "tarot" and "husserl" (a major philosopher of the 20th century) each gave me an interesting assortment of websites.

I ran a google search on "tarot" and noticed that Goolge's first 10 hits had 4 sites that also appeared within the first 10 hits of Del.icio.us. I did the same for "husserl" and by chance the results were the same: google's top 10 sites listed 4 sites that appeared on Del.icio.us' first 10 listed sites

One Husserl link was dead on Del.icio.us -- since Goolge caches sites a dead link is still "viewable" on Google. Del.icio.us has sponsored links the same as Google. Google, of course, returned many more hits, but Del.icio.us -- which is like an informal web directory, seems a good enough place to start. Overall, using Del.icio.us created a more personal experience than using Google.

I liked the "design" tag on the PBCLS account which lead to a great online generator page on smashingmagazine. I also liked the "web" tag which lead to http://slashdot.org/with feature sections on technology and related news.