Social Bookmarking Soul Mate

After saving a new bookmark (DesignSpongeOnline.com) to my delicious account, I came across someone who appeared to also have an interest in interior design. This account user uses the pseudo-name, Gardencitymovement. They are a seasoned bookmarker with, as of today, 983 bookmark pages. Of these 983 bookmarks, there are over 300 bookmarked pages associated with design. The top ten tags include: design, art, pknf, Amsterdam, blog, music, architecture, graphics, culture and Dutch.

Gardencitymovement’s good bookmarking practices are evident from the amount of tags used to identify the bookmarked pages. For every page that has been added to this delicious account, there is consistently more than one tag attached to it. The page, Livingetc, for example has inspiration, magazine, shopping, interior and home as tags. Another page bookmarked, Apartment Therapy, is tagged with blog, inspiration, interior, furniture and apartment. In total, there are 870 tags used to organize Gardencitymovement’s pages.

Although the amount of tags might help the delicious account’s owner find pages, it could complicate finding pages for others. One way Gardencitymovement could improve on their bookmarking practices is by using tag bundles. This would benefit both the user as well as others who view the bookmark page to make tag bundles. The more I explore other user pages, the more useful tag bundles appear to be. Tag bundles help narrow down bookmarked pages because sometimes a string of random words are sufficient to correctly explain the subject of a page. Although Gardencitymovement has done an excellent job using multiple tags for every page, when the amount of pages reaches over 900, tag bundles become a necessity.

Another way Gardencitymovement could improve on their social bookmarking skills is by adding their own comments on the sites they bookmark. This would help others understand what makes them like the sites they tag and perhaps how they came to discover them.

Gardencitymovement introduced me to a site called Superuse. This site is tagged by Gardencitymovement with art, blog, activism, innovation, sustainable, recycling, sustainability, products, environment, green and eco. What makes this website unique is how it combines recycling and design. Architects and designers from all over the world come together to share innovative ways to recycle. The site features an interesting home accessory made by recycling a computer and making it an aquarium: a MacQuarium.



Another site that I discovered from browsing Gardencitymovement’s main page is actually a website for the magazine, LivingEtc. This site has a lot to offer its’ visitors. There are list of links that include: a gallery of photos of beautifully decorated rooms, a forum for users to ask and answer each other’s questions, buyers guides, property advice, blogs, shopping spots for interior design fans, locations for furniture that is featured in the magazine and advice from established interior designers.

Being able to be exposed to sites like LivingEtc is what distinguishes using social bookmarking sites from blog rolls when trying to find other sites with your similar interests. I have added Gardencitymovement to my network in hopes of uncovering new interior design pages.