Talkings of a Tyrant

A few notable changes to my blog:

1. Now you can view my past posts in terms of pages. Just scroll down to the bottom and click “Previous Posts”!
2. Traverse my site from post to post! There are now links on each post to the previous and next post in sequence.
3. Blinklist links on my sidebar! Have fun being up to date on the sites I’ve found that are good.
4. New logo and some new colors to match (thanks to ColorBlender!)

Okay, go back to what you were doing.

Since my previous post I’ve found a few more things you can do with Blinklist.

1. It is very easy to add someone as a friend. Just go to their BlinkList and click the face next to their name! Simple as pie!
2. Once you’ve added some people as friends, you can view a synopsis of their recent links from the front page.

Useful!

BlinkList offers lots of useful tools and functions, all without loosing any ease of use, which has led me to say:
Goodbye del.icio.us! Hellooo BlinkList!!!

Edit: to read more about Blinklist, see More BlinkList
and BlinkList is Lacking in Search

I’ve decided, to Mike’s request, to review Blinklist.

The Good

Blinklist is a social tagging and bookmarking site. Being a social tagging and bookmarking site no longer is unique and cutting edge, as there are tons of social bookmarking sites these days. Simply swing by TechCrunch or eHub to find several.

Blinklist, however, is a better social bookmarking site. It is difficult to describe, but the simplicity and ease of use is really appealing. It uses AJAX to make actions easy and quick. Instant blinking!

Blinklist is very much like del.icio.us, except better. It has all of the features (except a list of your tags when you submit a new bookmark) and a bit more. In fact, it is so much like del.icio.us (and it automatically transfers you del.icio.us bookmarks for you if you want), that it is really easy to switch over to Blinklist from del.icio.us.

Blinklist has some unique features, and several features that del.icio.us doesn’t have. If you select any text on the page, and then use their bookmarklet, the text you selected becomes the description! Saves time and energy, so you can get right back to work (*cough* *goofing off!*). The ability to make a bookmark “Private” and unviewable to public eyes is easily available. You can also star your bookmarks to easily view your best bookmarks.

I’m not as fond of the star system as others are. Generally, I only bookmark a sites that I like (doesn’t that make sense?), so the need to “star” something isn’t really prominent.

The Bad

The only thing it doesn’t have, however, is the mass cult following that del.icio.us has. Massive cult followings are the key to social bookmarking. That’s why it’s called social bookmarking. Can’t give any advice there though, and can’t blame them. Its only a few months old.

You know if this is the only thing I can think of that is bad, that Blinklist is awesome.

The Ugly

Wait, what?

Scratch that. (The Ugly)

Blinklist is in no way ugly. It is well designed and very easy on the eyes. Read this as: oooo… pretty…

In conclusion

To conclude this rather short blog post, I hereby announce that I’ve switched over to Blinklist! No more ugly-looking del.icio.us for me!

• Blinklist
• Blinklist demo (old, but still informative. Site looks a lot better than what’s shown here)
• Import from Del.icio.us
• My BlinkList Links
• Edit: The BlinkList Toolbar