This week's tool has been the tool I have heard most about before starting the course. I can see how it could be used by researchers in the basic sciences, especially when it is linked to a blog or a wiki. It can tailor you web surfing by seeing what someone who is writing or creating a resource is saving as relevant websites. It can be used as a lauching pad for someone who found the starting blog or wiki. And it could be the place to find the wiki or blog that leads you to other resources.
In addition, a tool like this can give information that might have been obtained through something like a user's survey. If you have links on your website, you could see how many others are saving the same link. The big draw back is trying to gather this information from your unique user population, since del.icio.us is showing you all world wide web users.
I find that I am still using my favorites folder on my browser because most sites I visit frequently are already there. I will have to add bookmarked sites from my favorites folder to my de.lico.us account so I can access these sites from anywhere. But this is also a place where I can choose to leave out websites that I may not want to share out of privacy concerns, or a feeling that these sites do not contribute to a blog or a wiki that is designed to be more work oriented.
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