Wikis

In the library setting, I'm especially fond of the subject guide in wiki format. In my personal life, I can see how a wiki would be a great way for my family to plan our Thanksgiving meal. Instead of multiple emails per day, we could all coordinate who's bringing what in one spot. No back and forth emails clogging up the inbox... Perhaps next year?

Editing the project play sandbox wiki was fun and easy. I just added to the list of authors, but I can see that creating a new page/topic would also be easy.

yummy or del.icio.us?

So now I finally know what "add to del.icio.us" means when I see it at the end of a blog entry! I know that my coworker Emily uses del.icio.us and LibraryThing in her pop culture blog and now I finally understand why.
I love the idea of tagging and understand the draw of personalizing and simplifying all your "stuff". Using del.icio.us to find a recipe for roasted vegetables was a breeze. As Pinky mentioned in her blog, using del.icio.us to find and organize recipes is a great idea.
The next step is opening my own account.