Delicious bookmark =)

http://delicious.com/kristy.ashby/?page=1

- How might an individual use del.icio.us?
An individual would use del.icio.us to keep track of his/her important web page. For instand I put down most of the web pages I go to dialy. So now all the important pages I need are all in one place. When I go to a friends house I don't have to remeber what the url was and the links to the sites I need. All I have to do is go to my account and find all my taggs right there for me to use any where, any time. =)

- What is tagging? What are it's advantages and disadvantages?
Tagging is basically anyone can put what they want as their "tag", so when you search you might get a lot of stuff that doesn't make sense to your topic. You put a tag name to your site so whatever anyone else has put with the same name or related with pop up when searching. Some maybe helpful while others may not at all be related. The advantages are when you google searching you get 5 million searches that might not be what you are looking for. Instead you get sites that people tagged with the name as your search topic. The disadvantages might be that you dont get what you are looking for. It might be too narrow for you.

- How does del.icio.us embody the principles of the Web 2.0 philosophy?
It is taking the internet to the next level. Easier to find things you are looking for. Web 2.0 means multi users can use a site at once and effectivly. Meaning it wont take hours to start up (unless you have bad internet connection, well thats the users fault) but if you have fast internet then the page should come up fast enough and work well.