Bookmark, schmookmark

The collaborative nature of Web 2.0 applications really interests me. I am not part of the MySpace/Facebook generation. I appreciate the value of those sites, certainly see the marketing potential in them, but really would never use one on a personal level. Twitter, same kind of thing: honestly, no one needs an update on what I am doing that often. So my social software focus is on information, not necessarily about myself (although social bookmarking may end up telling you more about yourself than you want to now). I've only recently started using del.icio.us, but being able to "bookmark" my online interests and then follow a thread of that interest to other sites opens up a whole new information pathway for me. While admittedly I am currently only using del.icio.us for addictive, time-sucking activites right now, I can see it becoming an online resource as I continue in the library field, creating bundles of tags that I can use as shorthand to find relevant information on topics, as a repository for helpful sites, and a place where I can share this information with others. Best yet, you are not tied to one computer. Since del.icio.us is online, you can access it from anywhere you can access the internet (key, I think, in this wireless-driven society).