What is a Folksonomy
It may be the next new word for Webster’s dictionary. For a definition take a look here:
And for more discussion of this point here is an interesting discussion at Verderwal.net
Archive for January, 2005
Experimental Warning — Proceed with Caution
Here is the idea from A List Apart (I love this website.) Add a warning when you are experimenting with some new web technology to let viewers know that they may hit some bumps.
I have often used my personal websites to showcase new, cool, experimental stuff, and saved the boring stuff for the "real" websites. But sometimes I just get fed up with trying to make my website work for all audiences, and just design to stimulate the senses, standards be damned! And now when frustration hits I’ll just post the warning label. Maybe even include a special opt-in warning, like the over 21 age opt-ins that appear before viewing "adult sites" (not that I’d know about those things.)
The Read/Write Web
I caught a great Podcast today at IT Conversations with Doug Rushkoff. You can hear it yourself at IT Conversations: Doug Rushkoff - Renaissance Prospects . I wrote about Rushkoff’s book, Playing the Future, a couple of weeks ago. This talk, as with the book, raised a lot of interesting, thought provoking points. I do think that Rushkoff sometimes takes his points to an illogical extreme, but the ideas themselves ring very true.
Blogging and Newsfeeds
At PodcastTools you’ll find some very well done videos that walk you through the process of starting your own blog on blogger. When you get to the page scroll down to THE TRAINING section. There you’ll see the first one is how to set up your free blogger account.
Catch the Podcasting bug!
I am loving the new I-pod, and am really getting into the whole pod-casting thing. And I’m not the only one. I copied a bunch of Adam Curry’s podcasts onto CD for my neighbor Sean to listen to. And he loved it! He’s hooked. And is now eyeing the I-pod with renewed interest. I think there may be one in his future, or at least some type of portable mp3 player. The whole this is still kind-of geeky, but it is also a great way to distrubute content. I think I might make the leap and am kicking around a couple of ideas.
Accidental Knowledge
I find that I most often make my web discoveries through a convoluted series of chance encounters. For instance, this evening while checking the latest RSS feeds I noticed this one concerning a new book by Malcolm Gladwell:
