Making use of del.icio.us
If you are visiting my blog instead on using the RSS feeds, you might have noticed a couple of additions to the sidebar, Worth Reading Recommended and Commented On. This came about after reading a post over at Dexagogo titled
Using del.icio.us to track my blog comments
Modified Andrew’s javascript bookmarklet, found the del.icio.us javascript feed details and it was dead easy to generate two feeds from del.icio.us, Worth Reading which includes the notes field from del.icio.us so I can add my thoughts to links I think should be shared and Commented On a simple list of the last few comments I made.
The two bookmarklets, sitting in my bookmarks toolbar folder, making it so easy to tag a page I commented on, or tag a page to share. Even have an Worth Reading feed
Only downside is that I was looking to move from del.icio.us to simpy because simpy tag’s are comma delimited, not space delimited as del.icio.us. Unfortunately if was five minutes to do this with del.icio.us and a lot longer with simpy. Still all is not lost I will use simpy to backup my del.icio.us bookmarks as simpy has a synchronization with del.icio.us feature, just in case disaster strikes or I learn how to use simpy.
Update 13 January looks like there is a problem at del.icio.us with their javascript feeds. I have done a number of updates in the last 48 hours and while they appear in my del.icio.us RSS feed, they do not appear in my del.icio.us javascript feed.
Update 15 January, the problem appears to be caching of the javascript feed from del.icio.us, if I look at: < a href="http://del.icio.us/feeds/json/nickcow/blogit?count=5">http://del.icio.us/feeds/json/nickcow/blogit?count=5 I see only one entry, yet if I change the 5 to a 4 http://del.icio.us/feeds/json/nickcow/blogit?count=4 I see all my recent entries. Time to think of a plan B.
Update 8 February: the caching problem seems to of been resolved, don’t know what or where, but it has been running smoothly for more than a week now.
January 9th, 2006 at 9:15 am
Hi Nick,
Just to make sure I understand the essence here - you want to save+tag blog posts that you left comments on, right?
That should be SUPER easy with Simpy!
I would simply modify this bookmarklet.
Let me try modifying it right here…
javascript:q=location.href;e = ”+ (window.getSelection ? window.getSelection() : document.getSelection ? document.getSelection() : document.selection.createRange().text);p=document.title;window.location.href=’http://www.simpy.com/simpy/LinkAddSave.do?.doneURI=’+encodeURIComponent(q)+&href=’+escape(q)+’&title=’+encodeURIComponent(p)+’&accessType=1&tags=SELF¬e=’+encodeURIComponent(e).replace(/ /g, ‘+’);
There, I _think_ that’s all.
I simply added “&tags=SELF” towards the end of the bookmarklet, and removed the old “&tags=….” bit.
Now, just save this bookmarklet like any other bookmarklet.
When you leave a comment on a blog simply click on the bookmarklet in your browser, and the current page will be saved and tagged with the tag “SELF”.
You will never even leave the page you are on! (i.e. no need to come to Simpy)
Easy.
Please let me know if you need any help or the above doesn’t work.
January 9th, 2006 at 11:13 pm
Otis
There two parts to what I was looking at:
Your bookmarklet (which did not work for me) is only the first part, the second part is getting the information out of the Simpy API to display. It would not be hard and if I get the chance I will do it. But it will take me time, unlike the del.icio.us solution, which was prepacked and ready to use.
I intend to keep using Simpy and del.icio.us, I love the comma delimited tags in Simpy and the sync with del.icio.us, but at the moment there are more extras for del.icio.us. And after the recent Bloglines adventures I will make use of two good services rather than one.
January 10th, 2006 at 3:00 am
Hi Nick,
Aha, 2 things, I only picked up on the first one. If you have time, let me know what didn’t work with the bookmarklet. As for 2, if you do it, please let me know, so I can point to it on Simpy’s blog and mailing list(s). If you don’t do it, I will. (a bit of JavaScript that you can embed in the page)