Del.icio.us fun for bloggers
I am writing this post with the aid of some blogging technology which is new to me. I can see it is going to cause me lots of fun in the future, and you will see the effects around this blog a whole lot more. (HT: Jollyblogger who linked to The Best Web 2.0 software)
The exciting technology is Del.icio.us which has made its mark on my sidebar already, and I suspect may eventually take over all my blogroll requirements. It replaces the Blogrolling.com function, but does oh so much more than blogrolling can ever dream of doing!
The possibility is definitely there for it to run the various category based blogrolls that I have on my site -like the list of reformed charismatics for example. I am just looking at the best way to share the production of such lists with others. For now, if you want me to take a look at your blog and possibly include it in one of my lists of blogs why not join Delicious, add your site to it and in the category tag section put FOR:apwarnock as well as whatever other tags you think should apply. Its one sure way to get a busy bloggers attention!
Then there are some neat extensions to the Delicious concept which make it even more useful- The first is the Firefox extension which makes it possible to tag any webpage you are visiting - Think "Blogroll This" with steroids. This feature can be almost duplicated in Internet Explorer with the "buttons"
Then, for blogger users is the fantastic Blogger categorising and publishing script which requires firefox and greasemonkey to be installed on your computer but enables you to "tag" your posts for use in delicious and also technorati as you create them using blogger. The idea of greasemonkey is to change the behaviour of webpages you are visiting and it sure seems to work wonders!
Trust me, if you are a blogger and dont automate your blogroll you want to check this site out right away! It is very user-friendly and I look forward to the Christian Blogging community embracing this technology - it will help us find each other much more easily I am sure.
UPDATE
Try also video blogging for more information about blog automation and The several habits of Delicious users for a general introduciton
