Where is your "reference shelf"?
Where do you store information that you want to refer to again? Where specifically do you store web resources?
There is not one correct answer. Likely you have bookmarks in your Internet browser. You might also have bookmarks saved online in a service such as del.icio.us. And you might have stored information in a blog or wiki.
I have stuff stored in all of those places! Although I have uploaded the bookmarks (favorites) from my Internet browser into del.icio.us, I still look in my browser first. There are a few items (generally related to Second Life), where I look in del.icio.us first.
But for items related to digitization -- a topic that I follow closely -- I always look in my Digitization 101 blog first. I have made it a habit of placing things in the blog that interested me and that I wanted to find again later. And it works for me.
What works for you?
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There is not one correct answer. Likely you have bookmarks in your Internet browser. You might also have bookmarks saved online in a service such as del.icio.us. And you might have stored information in a blog or wiki.
I have stuff stored in all of those places! Although I have uploaded the bookmarks (favorites) from my Internet browser into del.icio.us, I still look in my browser first. There are a few items (generally related to Second Life), where I look in del.icio.us first.
But for items related to digitization -- a topic that I follow closely -- I always look in my Digitization 101 blog first. I have made it a habit of placing things in the blog that interested me and that I wanted to find again later. And it works for me.
What works for you?
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posted by Jill Hurst-Wahl at
2:13 PM
3 Comments:
Fabulous question. I have no good answer. I've started storing things in delicious a few months ago, but I haven't been back to look at them, so that's not a great strategy for reminding myself about reading things later. I "star" things in Google Reader, and I've had more luck returning to those items. I also star things in Twitter, but now that Twitter doesn't tell me how many "favorites" I have there, I've found it less useful. I keep some emails as a reminder, but that's not very helpful, and it clutters up my in box.
Curious to know what others are doing!
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CogSci Librarian, At
October 22, 2008 3:50 PM
I use delicious, I have a personal account and then a work-related account (although I could combine them, but just haven't as of yet). I also use Google Reader a lot, with starring items. But anything I'm even remotely thinking about and that has a deadline, I put into my Outlook calendar as a deadline/meeting. I include the link to info (article, conference proposal deadline, registration, etc) and any brief thoughts. I keep my work and personal email to one page (no scrolling). It's much more relaxing to go into my inbox that way (doesn't seem as daunting). I also have a lot of Google Documents, one of which is a running "To Do" list, which I can access from home or work and take things off when I'm finished. I found that I was making a list a day when I did it on paper, and it was a waste of time and resources! I like the electronic list better. It also helps me choose my priorities for the day/week. I can go right in, rearrange lists, bold important tasks, etc. :)
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Erin, At
October 22, 2008 10:18 PM
Erin, I have a widget on my iGoogle homepage that is a "sticky note". I've been using that for a running to-do list and it has worked well. I have divided my list there into three sections: high, medium and low priority. I also use the Tasks feature in Outlook and notes on my Outlook calendar, but I find that the digital sticky note really helps. (And prevents me from placing real sticky notes all over my computer screen!)
BTW the last upgrade to the del.icio.us add-on for Firefox put a command in the Bookmarks pull-down that allows me to add bookmarks to del.icio.us. And that has me adding more there. Guess I like that command location better than the button on one of the menu bars because it fits in with my existing habit.
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Jill Hurst-Wahl, At
October 23, 2008 9:31 AM
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