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another interesting visualization tool

As I mentioned the other day, del.icio.us has become even more of an outboard brain for me lately, especially with our website redesign in full swing. Anytime I’m confronted with even the most minuscule UI issue (what to put on the form submission button? “submit”, “go”, “search”?), I turn to a handful of UX/design favourites [...]


my life in a tag cloud

Sorry to be so screenshot-y lately, but I couldn’t pass this one up. The above image is a tag cloud of my del.icio.us bookmarks generated by wordle. You should have heard the loud gasp that issued from my lips upon seeing this image. Why? Because IT IS MY LIFE represented in a tag cloud. Well, [...]


delicious, indeed

My call for libraries that use del.icio.us netted a few interesting examples. I thought it might be a good idea to post the list of libraries here rather than have you fish around in the comments to find these:

La Grange Park Library
Lansing Public Library - syndicates their del.icio.us feed right on their home page (along [...]


del.icio.us libraries?

From Joanne, a blogwithoutalibrary.net reader:
Do you know of any public libraries using del.icio.us as an alternative to list of recommended websites? We’re thinking of doing this and are curious to know if/how others are doing it.
A great question! I’m curious about academic libraries using del.icio.us too. If your library is on del.icio.us, do let [...]