As if you did not know I am a news junkie! I love news, well most news; hearing about Briney Spears and Anna Nicole Smith is at the bottom of the list, but we will never forget where we were on 2/8. (Thanks Ron and Fez) Anyway, a bunch of people have been asking how to do I stay connected, so I wanted to post up a couple of cool sits and ways to help organized the internet for YOU!

First and foremost, get a del.icio.us account! del.icio.us is a social bookmarking website. There are many cool features and functions on how you can use del.cio.us.

1. Organize your bookmarks for view on any computer
2. Share links between friends
3. Browse links by Tags
4. Create a global Tag

We all know del.icio.us can store our links with tags, such as web, design, etc, but how do we share links. If you know the username of a del.icio.us (mine is jmurch). You can share a link with a friend by using the tag (for:username) or for:jmurch in my case. You can also create a global tag by using a tag as a identifier for a website. For example, if you wanted to share links with myself and other readers you can use the tag johnmurch. Anyone can view the links just by going to http://del.icio.us/tag/johnmurch. This can create a community in a sense and a digg-like effect for a specific site. So if you want to hear content about something and its a interesting link, please tag it with johnmurch. I will check on this and if it becomes popular, add a feed to the column on the right.

Second, get a RSS FeedReader (Bloglines or Google Reader or setup a News Folder in your bookmarks and have Firefox “open in tabs”. Each morning and night I am checking the news and surfing the web. I like to read and hear stories before they happen or at least before they hit digg, engadget, or a feed agregator like popurls or spotback. Having a easy way to open all the sites or get their content speeds up the process.

Lastly, one last way I would suggest on how to stay connected, is to look at other del.icio.us users. Please take a look at my tags such as news, blogs, and my latest. You can “subscribe” to other del.icio.us accounts and see what they are bookmarking.

Enjoy!

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