Virtual Introduction

Looking at all the favorites shared on Delicious was fun and gave me an insight into my classmates that doesn't often come out in normal class interaction. While only a few of my websites were also listed by other people, I recognized many of the websites and also found some new ones that I will have to check out. It was fun to see that some of my classmates shared my interest in things like Dr. Horrible, steam punk, Lord of the Rings, cat macros, travel, tea and the PHD web comic.

I think this would be a fun 'get to know you' activity in future classes.

Mmmm delicious magnolias

I'm fairly new to both Delicious and Magnolia.

So far as I can see, both have their benefits and both have head scratching moments.

Magnolia

• Its pretty. Very superficial of me perhaps but its pretty. :)
• User Profiles so you have some idea who is creating these bookmarks
• You can associate your Magnolia account with other accounts like LJ
• Avatars (again more pretty then useful but it pulls in more of the social aspect/expression)
• Groups we multiple users can compile bookmarks related to a certain subject (while tagging and networking on Delicious may be similar, this feature appears to take it a bit farther into true collaboration)
• It saves a copy of the web page when you bookmark it so if the page disappears you can still access a copy

Delicious

• Easier to search all tags ie find all bookmarks tag with "tea", not just within my friends
• In general a bit easier to navigate, certain features more prominent
• You can see immediately how many times a web page has been bookmarked and easily find the users who bookmarked it
• Toolbar add on makes it very easy to add bookmarks (though only on computers where you can download and install the toolbar)