A need for somewhere to collate links to resources
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Sean FitzGerald
Apr 19, 2005, 9:33:17 PM4/19/05
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As things are getting busy
for me I have less time to work on this project. I'm confident that it
is evolving into something worthwhile.
However, on my Net travels I'm stumbling across a lot of interesting resources which I think would be great for the site, so the need to find an easy place to chuck this stuff is becoming more imperative every day.
The concept of having to log on to jotspot, turn editing on, paste the website name & link & comments as another bullet point is not very appealing - it's time consuming and messy.
I don't think del.icio.us is the best idea, because we will end up working on parallel resources - duplicating entries, creating our own categories etc. If we were going to do that then I'd rather just put stuff I find in an excel spreadsheet and collate it all later.
If we are to use something like del.icio.us I think we need one account we can work on collaboratively, although I understand the hassle of having two accounts on one computer.
What about the alternatives such as http://www.spurl.net/discover/ or http://www.simpy.com? Or maybe there is some form of online database we could use and transfer the data across when the site is developed.
I'm not big on the idea of syndicating the links for del.icio.us (or whatever) permanently on the site either (ultimately I'm still envisioning some sort of searchable database for resources) but it could be a useful temporary measure, especially if it has the flexibility to continue working out categories as we go, and as long as it's not a hassle to transfer the data to whatever platform is settled on.
Sean
btw - At the time of writing this del.icio.us was down. :-(
However, on my Net travels I'm stumbling across a lot of interesting resources which I think would be great for the site, so the need to find an easy place to chuck this stuff is becoming more imperative every day.
The concept of having to log on to jotspot, turn editing on, paste the website name & link & comments as another bullet point is not very appealing - it's time consuming and messy.
I don't think del.icio.us is the best idea, because we will end up working on parallel resources - duplicating entries, creating our own categories etc. If we were going to do that then I'd rather just put stuff I find in an excel spreadsheet and collate it all later.
If we are to use something like del.icio.us I think we need one account we can work on collaboratively, although I understand the hassle of having two accounts on one computer.
What about the alternatives such as http://www.spurl.net/discover/ or http://www.simpy.com? Or maybe there is some form of online database we could use and transfer the data across when the site is developed.
I'm not big on the idea of syndicating the links for del.icio.us (or whatever) permanently on the site either (ultimately I'm still envisioning some sort of searchable database for resources) but it could be a useful temporary measure, especially if it has the flexibility to continue working out categories as we go, and as long as it's not a hassle to transfer the data to whatever platform is settled on.
Sean
btw - At the time of writing this del.icio.us was down. :-(
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Leigh Blackall
Apr 20, 2005, 12:10:59 AM4/20/05
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Uni Calgery using Wiki to develop content! http://weblogs.ucalgary.ca/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
Leigh Blackall
Apr 20, 2005, 12:11:55 AM4/20/05
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Darcy Noman has a list of stuff he thinks are important development for 2005
http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/04/03/important-developments-for-2005
http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/04/03/important-developments-for-2005
Leigh Blackall
Apr 20, 2005, 12:44:34 AM4/20/05
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A General Review http://www.dlib.org/dlib/april05/hammond/04hammond.html
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