Thing 13: Tagging/Social Bookmarking

Is tagging a useful way to organize your digital resources and why? What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages? What is important to think about before assigning tags to bookmarks or other Internet content?
This was a useful reminder to me that most of my delicious websites were never tagged. I was excited to simply import my bookmarks so that I had access to my at-work bookmarks at home. Tagging is definitely useful for organization. I've been enjoying the concept of tagging in Facebook, when we tag photos. Tagging in delicious adds a whole new dimension to saving websites or blogs. It is also dangerous, in the sense that one can be so intrigued by the interconnections of social bookmarking that we lose track of time. I remember that when I first learned about tagging, media specialists were a bit worried that it would eliminate the need for information specialists. This is not the case. We know that it is very important to use universal tags so that others will connect to them.