del.icio.us Bookmarks and Verbal Hyperlinking
Although I haven’t updated my blog in several days, I have gotten into the habit of making regular additions to my del.icio.us bookmarks. FYI, my list is available at http://del.icio.us/mikecoyle.
I’m a newcomer to the del.icio.us scene, having only started using it in October of this year. But as of late, I’ve come to the realization that del.icio.us bookmarks are becoming the footnotes of my life.
More and more, I find myself talking about something that I just read (or read months ago for that matter), and telling the other person “Just go to delicious slash mikecoyle for the link”. This is far more precise than trying to describe the various links and incantations it took for me to find the article in the first place.
For me, referencing del.icio.us in this way is not a vanity thing (i.e. referring them to “my page”), but rather it’s the simplest way to ensure that I can direct someone to a non-trivial URL, especially when emailing/IM-ing them a link in a timely fashion is not an option.
This notion of “verbal hyperlinking” goes on all the time when talking about the current headline on Slashdot, Drudge, etc. But for those items that aren’t easily discovered by hitting one of the news sites, del.icio.us comes in mighty handy.