Pieces of me on community... : preview

Updated Bookmarks Visualization url...

b2ix — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:04:00 GMT

Heh, seems I posted an earlier link to the Ticker the other day. Here is the updated link.

Visualizing Social Bookmarks on MSDN and TechNet

b2ix — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:08:00 GMT

What do you think of the current look of Social Bookmarks on MSDN, TechNet, Expression and Microsoft? Did you want to see an alternate perspective of Social Bookmarks?

In addition to the recent Preview of Social Bookmarks, we have a "Ticker" of activity Social Bookmarks activity on MSDN and TechNet (note you need the Silverlight 2 Beta) to see it in all its glory.

*links updated to point to the new home of the Ticker

Organize your life (or at least your favorite urls) with Social Bookmarks

b2ix — Wed, 28 May 2008 17:58:00 GMT

While browser favorites, or bookmarks, can help people find the web sites they need, many websites are not easily categorized into the folder model common with browser bookmarks. If this situation sounds familiar to you, then Social Bookmarks can help.

Social Bookmarks present a new way for you to store and organize urls of pages you find interesting. Rather than selecting one folder in which a url shall appear in, you can now associate multiple words (or tags) with that url. Each tag essentially serves as a folder for that url, and there is no limit to the number of folders in which the website appears.

You can also add a brief description about that url for future reference. Just think how much easier it will be to find the resources you find interesting in that extended brain of ours we call the Internet.

An added bonus with the description -- if you don't want to type your own description, you can highlight the text on the page you wish to save, and it will be automatically added to the description of that bookmark.

For more information on how to save a bookmark, and organize your list of bookmarks check out the following video.

Video: Social Bookmarks - Part II

Social Bookmarks Preview for MSDN, TechNet and Expression!

b2ix — Wed, 28 May 2008 03:00:00 GMT

I'm pleased to announce that we are now in the official Preview of Social Bookmarks on MSDN, TechNet and Expression. For the last few months, I've been working with a great team of folks on point for creating the Social Bookmarks experience.

http://social.microsoft.com/bookmarks
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/bookmarks
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/bookmarks
http://social.expression.microsoft.com/bookmarks

What exactly are Social Bookmarks? Simply put, Social Bookmarks enable you to:

Store urls of interest to you
Share them with others
Explore what others share

I'll dive into these in more detail, but in the mean time, if you haven't already done so, I encourage you to check it out. Our "Getting Started" page has a lot more information along with some video walk-throughs.

Caveat -- this is still in preview mode, so there's still more work to be done. Should you have any feedback, please let us know!

You may also be interested in these related posts on Social Bookmarks from others on the team