Okay, I get it now. I have to confess that this is one more thing about which I've smiled and nodded and had no earthly clue what people were talking about. Everyone talked about delicious as if it were the best thing since sliced bread, and I had no idea why.
So, now I get it.
I can totally see how this would be helpful. They're right--bookmarking interesting sights gets totally unwieldy. But, if I can keep those things on a delicious account, then I don't have to be so selective about what I bookmark, thus ending the frustrating "I want to be able to find this site again, but when will I realistically need it?" For instance, my son is an historical reenactor, and I find helpful sites about how to construct time-appropriate shoes, or that sell woolen stockings (I know, I know, but he's a wonderful kid, so I can overlook him wearing stockings), so now I can bookmark them, even though I may not need the information again until the stockings wear holes bigger than I can mend.
I appreciated the library sites that were listed with "tag clouds." Really helpful stuff. It makes so much sense for the librarians to find all the good, useful, informationally correct sites, and post tags to help patrons find them. So much better than sending teens into cyber space to find weird "information" that some wacko posted. And off the subject, I loved the librarians' avatars and the "get to know them" sites. Makes patrons feel more comfortable with the librarians, and make the librarians more approachable. Gotta love that.
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