Well, I explored del.icio.us a bit and created an account. At first I looked at popular tags and felt a bit overwhelmed because a lot of them seemed to be for programmers and web designers, and I was in over my head. (One was Top 10 YouTube Hacks.) I was gratified when I found "Cliff Notes on delicious--making it useful," which says that the interface is geeky and has even baffled many experienced computer users. Oh yes, now that you mention it, I was finding it difficult to navigate. But I added about 10 bookmarks, mostly related to the 2.0 project. Of those I chose, it was interesting to see which ones were bookmarked by the most other people--for example, Pandora Radio. Library Journal's Movers and Shakers article and People StyleWatch both had 17 other users at the time I created my bookmarks to them. It might be interesting to explore the bookmarks of those people and see if there are common intersections.
I printed out a bunch of articles from the S-I 2.0 syllabus and hope to read them soon. Yes, I can see how using delicious would provide research assistance, though I don't think it will ever take the place of databases. It is a fairly easy way to create bookmarks that can be accessed from anywhere. I think I will use this in my work/personal life, though I also thought that about RSS feeds and haven't accessed them again since I completed my blog post for that unit... Still, I remain optimistic.
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