3 Del.icio.us Tools
December 30th, 2004Three del.icio.us tools came through my aggregator today via, you guessed it, del.icio.us.
1) From Hublog (the creator of of one of the most useful RSS tools on the planet - Hubmed) comes “Be the Coolest”:
“Want to be the first to find an exciting new thing? Run this on any del.icio.us page for a URL (eg this one). It’ll find the earliest existing post and add yours one day earlier.” (Grab the Bookmarklet)
2) Tasty, which apparently has been around for awhile (I’ve just missed it I guess), shows you who has bookmarked any URL in del.icio.us. Very handy. (Grab the Bookmarklet)
3) Seb mentions Commentlogging, which is not really a tool, but a freakin’ great idea. Create a tag on del.icio.us that bookmarks all of the posts that you have commented on, and place your actual comment on the extension tags. It’s use? Seb says:
“This is obviously handy as a personal trail of places you’ve been, which makes it easy for you to revisit comment threads you’re participating in. In addition, it can be of use to others (1) as a way of being aware of things you found interesting enough to comment on, and (2) as a way of verifying that you were indeed the person who posted such-or-such comment under your name.”
Yet another way for the collective organism to work its magic. I was chatting with a colleague today and I mentioned, “Remember three years ago when I told you that RSS is going to be huge, and you said no? Well, folksonomies based on the the ‘wisdom of the crowds’ is hot right now. Trust me.”
I hope he does.