Have you ever gone on a holiday and there was a whole string of problems? Come share my frustrations and discover how they were resolved.

Setting up a delicious account was not as easy as I was lead to believe. I had to choose a password a number of times before it would accept one - even though all the parameters were covered. (I know it's just a machine, therefore it must be user error.) When I did get in, I was booted out of my Internet - my hubby's not going to like this:( [We share the computer.] Why can't it run two programs at the same time? I couldn't minimize one window to retrieve the URL's to paste them into another? Have I missed something there?

Now I can't get into the university site - I am being kicked out each time I try to log in. It said something about the pop-up blockers which I have allowed. Now what do I do? Think back - what did I do - not being a computer programmer - think - retrace my steps (after the panic sets in of course-you don't think as clearly). My last action was to install the delicious add-ons as was suggested - bad idea as now I can't do my school work. How have you guys made it work? Now the question I have is, if I am blocked at home with few filters on my computer, how will these sites be accepted at the school level? I'll have to wait for school to re-open to check it out before I do tons of planning around this. Do you have any suggestions on this issue?

With my frustration, I thought I'd look for another provider. I decided to dig deeper to research some other social bookmarking options. Some of the ones that came up were diigo, (too much uneducational social interaction), furl (too primary), stumbleupon (was more like a guessing game). Most information pointed me back to delicious. I'll try again. I uninstalled the add-ons so I could use my university site again. OK, I'm in - whew!

Next, add some sites to delicious and figure out how it works. That's neat; I can add URL's, websites, journals, article titles, videos, etc. Now that I chosen a number of options and tagged each one, how do I manage this information? I can sort it by tags, alphabetically or by most recent. It is much easier to manipulate these than the 'favourites' of the previous system. The use of the tags really does narrow down the choice of where to refer - a pleasure to utilize. I like how I have the flexibility to search my own bookmarks or everyone else's for more options. I'm not so sure I like the popularity factor of 'mine is better because I got more hits' scenario. I'm sure there's another twist to this one - I'm still thinking on it.

My next plan of action will be to incorporate the links I have accumulated through other databases and search for them in delicious so they can be more accessible both for my use and to share with others. I love the idea that I can access articles from ProQuest for example and not have to log-in. Bonus:)