Diigo tag dictionary [Organization]

Lately, I've been using http://tr.im to shorten links. I really like how Tr.im searches my Twitter feed for links that I've trimmed so I can get stats on those links. It's interesting to see which links people click on and which ones go relatively unclicked. For instance, I just sent a message to @concretekax with some smack talk about the Tigers and Twins. I thought it was a pretty personal message, in the sense that it would only be interesting to the two of us, but there are 18 clicks on the link I sent to a story about Justin Morneau being done for the season. I don't know why. I just find that interesting.

So, I started digging through the links I've sent out to see which ones have been the most popular. I don't have any graphs...oh wait. I think I do!

These are the last 10 links I've trimmed and shared on Twitter. Most of them hover around that 25 click mark. So imagine my surprise when I saw I had a link that has been clicked on 150+ times!

I realized I haven't shared that link on here, so here it is, with a little background first.

I've talked up Diigo on multiple occasions, but one thing that was giving me trouble was tagging my bookmarks so I could easily find them again.

When I hit a breaking point, I had all these different tags for the same idea: 21stcenturyskills, 21cskills, 21skills, 21stC, and 21c.

I decided I needed to create a personal Diigo Tag Dictionary (DTD). For the next week or so, I kept my DTD open in a tab at all times so I could quickly see what I should tag something.



As you can see, if I want to file a bookmark under a tag that has to do with 21st Century Skills, I just tag it "21c". It may not be the most descriptive, but it's consistent.

I also set up some mental ground rules at the bottom. Again, the goal is consistency.  

This has really helped me keep my bookmarks more organized. Hope it helps you create an organizational scheme for yourself.