Del.icio.us

Apparently, according to the del.icio.us blog, they are soon to be fully changing their URL to delicious, and I won't remember how to punctuate and spell at the same time.

In terms of technology, I see how this site could be immensly useful. I am happy I came across it today, because I'm getting a new computer sometime this week (how long does it take to get a macbook from Shanghai to Cumberland?), and would really like to keep my bookmarks when I trash this puppy. However, once del.icio.us imported all my bookmarks, I realized that I am glad they don't automatically share them all. Because I am sure that no one needs to know the angsty song lyrics I bookmarked at 19 when breaking up with someone. Or the crazy internet videos that were funny at 2am in college, but are frankly a little embarrassing to share with the masses.

Or maybe that's my problem, I need to accept that del.icio.us isn't about proving who has got a more refined list of bookmarks, but rather tag things appropriately. Because apparently 267 people on del.icio.us also have this video saved, for whatever reason, and poking around using del.icio.us's tools has shown me that they too are people with otherwise interesting bookmarks and tags, and that this strange video was for them, like for me, something that was hilarious at the time and sentimental enough to keep in bookmarks, but not, perhaps, something we use every day or even think about more than once a year.

The moral of this story? I need to weed out some of my bookmarks, but I also need to own up to the fun times I had, the subsequent bookmarks created, and the dorky internet videos which my friends will still send me, despite trying to feel more mature than I was 5 years ago. Because I'm still going to laugh and think of Terrell when watching "We Like the Moon" at 23 or 83.