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10 ways you can tap the value of the Delicious community

June 2, 2011

A social bookmarking service that draws value from both its user and developer communities, Delicious makes it easy to keep track of your favorite web sites. Here are 10 ways you can tap into the unique value of the Delicious.

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What we can learn from delicious and the tagging revolution

April 28, 2011

Yesterday, the social bookmarking service delicious was retrieved from the Yahoo! remainder bin by none other than YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen. When delicious launched eight years ago, it rapidly became one of the favored web services of the emergent “web 2.0″, but over the years its star has been eclipsed by other [...]

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The 10 best tool collections for delicious users

October 20, 2010
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Last week I celebrated my sixth anniversary. No, not my wedding anniversary (we hit number 10 this summer); and not the anniversary of our business (our fifth birthday was a couple of weeks ago).  Last week was my delicious anniversary, and after six years I can say that delicious remains one of the most useful [...]

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5 solutions to hyperthinking and hypertasking

May 31, 2010

While working my way through the consultation paper on Canada’s Digital Advantage, I found myself: investigating the best way to copy and paste text from a PDF to Evernote, leading to an open browser window with a series of tabs about various options for Mac/Evernote integration considering the best way to annotate the PDF on [...]

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Is Twitter the new delicious?

February 24, 2010
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Delicious, a social bookmarking tool, is like the old boyfriend I rarely see but can’t get out of my heart.

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3 great options for Twitter and delicious integration

April 8, 2009

Tweeting web links is one of the simplest and most effective ways to offer regular, useful info of value to your followers. While you’re tweeting those links, you can also bookmark them in delicious.

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3 tips to make better use of the Firefox browser

March 31, 2009

It turns out that a great source of insight on how to make effective use of Firefox is….Firefox.

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“Share, bookmark and e-mail web pages quickly without leaving your browser. Shareaholic makes it easy…”

November 22, 2008

Shareaholic makes it easy for you to submit the web page you’re on to your favorite sharing or bookmarking service.

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Research and writing

September 19, 2008

I have written on technology issues for the Toronto Star, Business 2.0 magazine, the Chronicle of Higher Education, CBC radio (PDF) and the Vancouver Sun (for which I was a columnist) . Selected clippings and coverage Trying to build an online community? Don’t get tangled in a Web (PDF) The Globe and Mail, March 3, [...]

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Online collaboration for your right brain, part 1: an introduction to digital mind mapping

July 23, 2008

Most online collaboration tools engage your left brain: that part of you that likes structure and organization, and supports linear, sequential thinking. Collaborative mind mapping, on the other hand, engages the right side of your brain by helping you think visually — together and online.

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How your non-profit can earn revenue with Web 2.0: Part 5 – Product sales

April 22, 2008

What bake sales once were to PTAs, online storefronts are to today's non-profits. We're used to thinking about participants in non-profit web sites as members or supporters, people we are trying to reach with a message or mobilize around a campaign. But your online community members can also be customers — customers who may be delighted to spend their dollars in a way that supports their values and your work.

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