Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Delicious





This week's blog entry, Delicious, has been around for a long time. I still frequently run into people who don't know what it is - so we've decided to feature it. It's one of those must-have organizational tools that you won't know how you did without once you have it.

How many times have you bookmarked a favorite/necessary website at work, only to get home and realize you can't get to it because you saved it on another computer? If you learn to bookmark on the web, instead of your computer, this doesn't have to ever happen.

Delicious is a social bookmarking service that allows you to tag, save, manage and share Web pages all in one place. With emphasis on the power of the community, Delicious greatly improves how people discover, remember and share on the Internet.

Things you can do with Delicious
Bookmark any site on the Internet, and get to it from anywhere
Instead of having different bookmarks on every computer, Delicious makes it easy to have a single set of bookmarks kept in sync between all of your computers. Even if you're not on a computer you own, you can still get to your bookmarks on the Delicious website.

Share your bookmarks, and get bookmarks in return
If your friends use Delicious, you can send them interesting bookmarks that they can check out the next time they log in. Of course, they can do the same for you. As you explore the site and find interesting users, you can use the Subscriptions and Network features to keep track of the Delicious tags and users you find most interesting.

Start your account now: http://www.delicious.com/

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Wordle


Wordle is a web tool that generates a "word cloud" graphic - a visual representation of text. You provide text, the site creates a graphic giving prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source you provide. You can provide the text manually, or link to a website/blog to import the text.

These "wordles" were created from the text found in this blog. You can apply varying color schemes and fonts to your project.

To create your own, go to http://www.wordle.net/ .

How could you use this? Please comment below.