The advent of the microchip has revolutionized the type of devices that can be made. Sifting through gadget magazines and you will find a plethora of such newly added devices. The size range - mini to micro. It would not be surprising if a “nano” category is created. They were not kidding when they said, “Size matters”.

While size does improve the portability of things, the kind of portability that I was thinking did not have much to do with size. Bookmarks are part and parcel of everyday life on the Internet. Come across a good website, click ‘bookmarks’ and then add it to your Favourite tab. The problem arises when, you log on to multiple terminals. Usually, I use a Macintosh to do my daily work. However, I am sometimes forced to use a PC. This can sometime be frustrating because of the inability to access my bookmarks.

The solution - delicious. It is a website that allows you to store your personal bookmarks online. Furthermore, it allows you to share your bookmarks with other ‘delicious’ users. This allows not only portability but also collaboration with your social networks.

To make this application more user friendly, you can download a plugin and it works seamlessly with the Firefox browsers. Hit the bookmark button and your library of bookmarks is immediately accessible.

On another level, the delicious plugin allows the assessment of baseline ICT skills. One of the requirements for students is that they have to be proficient with searches. Students can be tasked to use any search engine to look for information and then store the website onto delicious. The teacher can then later check the relevance of the site to see if the student was on task. The students can also make comments on the respective websites. A freeware that is definitely worth getting.