Del.icio.us is a very helpful internet tool. There are many good sites out there, too many to keep organized with bookmarks, and this site seems to do it well. It will be especially helpful when doing research, not only to save the sites I'm interested in, but to also look at sites that have been tagged by others.
The only thing I find frustrating is that you have to be a very capable searcher (and tagger, as well) or things become too generic. Try looking at sites tagged design....
...there are thousands. You can narrow your search by looking for two tags at once, but who's to say others are using the same definitions for tags that you are? I suppose thats why I'm more of an orderly marching band kinda girl than the gutterpunk type.
I think del.icio.us would be a great way to share info with students, as you can search sites by user and tags. I often see a site that I think would be helpful or interesting for a class to see, but I am not sure how to share it, besides give them the url on a handout. And handouts aren't very web 2.0. I have also started following a lot of sites my students have suggested, any this would be a great way for us all to share. Unfortunately, with the whole social thing, I'd want to block anyone's tags that weren't design related. I still believe in a thing called "too much information."
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