Delicious: Advantages/ Disadvantages

What are the advantages of storing, sharing, and tagging web content this way? What are the disadvantages?

I think one of the obvious advantages of Delicious is that you can bookmark sites and then be able to access them from any computer. I believe you can also control who has access to those sites (for example, all Calgary Public Library staff have access to the CPL 2.0 blogs). This would make it easier to share information amongst friends or colleagues, rather than e-mailing good websites you come across all the time. Tagging is a way of organizing information - and there certainly is a lot on the web! An advantage of 'tagging' is that you can use current language in your tags, so it tends to be more user-friendly than some databases or catalogues out there.

As for disadvantages of social bookmarking sites such as Delicious? I suppose you could have trouble finding information if you don't think of the "correct" tag that someone may have used to sort the information - the very fact that it does not use arbitrary language can work against you as well. Browsing by subject can have its advantages, but if you do not know exactly where to look, it could be a bit time consuming. I did not see the option to enter a search term into a search box within a Delicious site, such as Best Websites. While I wouldn't worry about this on a site managed by librarians, I could see it being a bit overwhelming on other Delicious sites. For example, I searched the "game" bookmark in all of Delicious and was overwhelmed by all of the sites out there even somewhat related to the word "game."

Still, a fun exercise to explore Delicious!

Which aspect of Web 2.0 are you the most intrigued by?

I must say that I am most intrigued by the blog itself! While I read several blogs on a regular basis (most for work, although a few personal ones as well), I have never had my own blog account!

Just setting up this blog has made me reflect more on what I'm saying (and how I'm saying it) - it will be interesting to be at the "creating" end of one.