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Successful del.icio.us Use

December 14, 2005 |

Slacker Manager: features a great how-to for del.icio.us:  The Several Habits of Wildly Successful del.icio.us Users. Until reading this article, I just couldn’t figure out how to make good use of del.icio.us. I am trying to make using del.icio.us a habit now, which is pretty easy, given that I have moved to using flock for my browsing pleasure.

All the ideas are good, but #3 especially caught my attention:

Habit Three: Use the inbox
The inbox is a mystery for many folks, but it’s a powerful tool. Your del.icio.us inbox allows you to track what’s been added to particular tags and to track what particular users have bookmarked. There are a couple of ways to begin using your inbox. You can click the ‘inbox’ link at the top of any page when you’re logged in and then click the ‘edit inbox’ link on the right side. Or you can just click the ’settings’ link (top right corner) and then click the ‘inbox labels’ link under the ‘experimental’ section. Either way will get you to the same page where you’ll see a couple of text entry boxes. One is for adding USERNAMES and the other is for adding tags. If you know the del.icio.us USERNAME of someone you want to track, enter it in the ‘user’ field and hit the subscribe button. If you have a particular tag you want to keep tabs on, enter it in the ‘tag’ field and hit subscribe. Once you get the hang of this, you’ll fill up your inbox in no time. Here are a couple to get you started…for tags, try ‘productivity‘, ‘business‘ and ‘gtd‘. For users try ‘bren‘ (that’s me!) or ‘steverubel‘ (he’s prolific!)

The Several Habits of Wildly Successful del.icio.us Users

Slacker Manager: The Several Habits of Wildly Successful del.icio.us Users

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