Comments on: Wield Some Del.icio.us Mojo

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By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:09:22 +0000

As mentioned via e-mail, use the fresh del.icio.us application.

By: Megan Golding

Megan Golding — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:58:06 +0000

I see your angle (now that I’ve read your email and had some time to think about it). Yes, from a KM standpoint, the pruning makes a whole lot more sense. On the one hand, I’ve never had trouble locating a link in the jungle that is my del.icio.us.

Two issues came up recently that suggest users apply your pruning analogy:
1) What about dead links? A fellow teacher asked me that last week. Pruning dead links is incredibly important.
2) Out of date information can be far more damaging than no information. Some of my software links are for older versions of software and no longer apply — I should prune away.

I think I may have to soften my stand on pruning. So, thanks for the feedback!

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:39:54 +0000

Hi,

I authored the del.icio.us article you cited. I’m glad you got value out of it, but I want to address your disagreement.

Remember that my article addressed knowledge management. It’s true that space is not a factor, but good knowledge management involves–not just capturing knowledge–but ensuring the knowledge that you do have is pertinent and useful. I believe you can suffer from “information overload” and in one sense the old/useless links can inhibit the use of the good links (and please keep in mind it was an analogy which all fail in the end).