I have discovered a new web browser that has potential: Flock has landed. While the developer page says it’s still buggy, I have found it to be pretty reliable. That’s not surprising, since it’s built on Mozilla‘s code. One feature I really like is the ability to publish blog entries directly from a browser interface. It allows users to drag URLs directly into an entry. Pretty slick. Another potentially cool feature, though I haven’t quite figured it out myself yet, are tags that can be associated with bookmarks. I assume that these bookmark tags will then have a search function, though I haven’t been able to get it to work yet. Another minor glitch: it seemed to import all of my Safari histories and passwords, but not my bookmarks. Give it a try. And, yes, it has tabbed browsing.
Another recent discovery is Del.icio.us, a bookmark storing and sharing site. They call it “social bookmarks.” Anyway, it allows users to post bookmarks and tag them, much the way Flickr allows the tagging of photos with keywords. This system is pretty cool, since it lets me to store my bookmarks so that I can easily access them from any computer I happen to be on. I also like the popular tag listing, something I found the next item on.
Finally, check out Denise Wakeman’s “16 Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Blog.” Some of the suggestions are common sense, while others are not so obvious. One that all should take to heart: blog daily. I have been so bad about that one. A good reference.
