Comments on: Tagging 2.0 talk at SXSW http://prentissriddle.com/blog/?p=38 Adventures of a naïf among the information architects Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:53:39 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: riddle http://prentissriddle.com/blog/?p=38&cpage=1#comment-5448 riddle Tue, 11 Jul 2006 17:26:07 +0000 http://prentissriddle.com/blog/?p=38#comment-5448 The podcast is now available, so I've added a link to it above. Kosmar, tag clouds are certainly a big, complicated issue in themselves and would have been a good thing to cover on our panel. I personally find the classic <a href="http://del.icio.us/tag/" rel="nofollow">del.icio.us</a> and <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/tags/" rel="nofollow">Flickr</a> tag clouds (alphabetized tags, with font sizes representative of frequency) to be meaningful and useful. Your <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kosmar/62381076/" rel="nofollow">mind cloud maps</a> are a fascinating experiment although, as with many 2-d visualizations of N-dimensional networks, I sometimes wonder about how useful they are without a transparent meaning behind the placement of nodes on the X and Y axes. The podcast is now available, so I’ve added a link to it above.

Kosmar, tag clouds are certainly a big, complicated issue in themselves and would have been a good thing to cover on our panel. I personally find the classic del.icio.us and Flickr tag clouds (alphabetized tags, with font sizes representative of frequency) to be meaningful and useful. Your mind cloud maps are a fascinating experiment although, as with many 2-d visualizations of N-dimensional networks, I sometimes wonder about how useful they are without a transparent meaning behind the placement of nodes on the X and Y axes.

]]> By: kosmar http://prentissriddle.com/blog/?p=38&cpage=1#comment-5441 kosmar Sat, 08 Jul 2006 14:25:55 +0000 http://prentissriddle.com/blog/?p=38#comment-5441 good summary on the challenges and little mean itches about the tagging craze. could be extended with the cloudliness issues, right? good summary on the challenges and little mean itches about the tagging craze. could be extended with the cloudliness issues, right?

]]> By: riddle http://prentissriddle.com/blog/?p=38&cpage=1#comment-4934 riddle Wed, 19 Apr 2006 15:50:25 +0000 http://prentissriddle.com/blog/?p=38#comment-4934 Josh Williams at <a href="http://www.blinksale.com/" rel="nofollow">Blinksale</a> has an interesting take on my remark that tags wouldn't be suitable for financial applications. <a href="http://www.firewheeldesign.com/sparkplug/2006/April/on_invoice_tagging.php" rel="nofollow">Blinksale now lets its users tag invoices</a>. Sounds to me like it's not actually a bad idea. The distinction lies in whether an application requires precise (meta)data or can accept a certain amount of noise in return for ease of use. I go a bit further into this in <a href="http://www.firewheeldesign.com/sparkplug/2006/April/on_invoice_tagging.php#comments" rel="nofollow">my comment</a> on his post. Josh Williams at Blinksale has an interesting take on my remark that tags wouldn’t be suitable for financial applications. Blinksale now lets its users tag invoices. Sounds to me like it’s not actually a bad idea. The distinction lies in whether an application requires precise (meta)data or can accept a certain amount of noise in return for ease of use. I go a bit further into this in my comment on his post.

]]> By: Emanuele Quintarelli http://prentissriddle.com/blog/?p=38&cpage=1#comment-4710 Emanuele Quintarelli Thu, 16 Mar 2006 17:33:03 +0000 http://prentissriddle.com/blog/?p=38#comment-4710 Hi Prentiss, thank you for your summary and for the slides. I'm deeply interested about the evolution of tags. I would like to discuss further with you about your concerns on hierarchical taggin.. On this topic you wrote: "Of all the attempts to overload tags, this one disturbs me the most." IMHO faceted and hierarchical tags can fit very well together. I've talked about this both with Peter Van Dijck (mefeedia) and David Weinberger. You can read more on my blog www.infospaces.it. Cheers, Emanuele Hi Prentiss, thank you for your summary and for the slides. I’m deeply interested about the evolution of tags. I would like to discuss further with you about your concerns on hierarchical taggin..

On this topic you wrote: “Of all the attempts to overload tags, this one disturbs me the most.”

IMHO faceted and hierarchical tags can fit very well together. I’ve talked about this both with Peter Van Dijck (mefeedia) and David Weinberger.

You can read more on my blog http://www.infospaces.it.

Cheers,
Emanuele

]]> By: M. http://prentissriddle.com/blog/?p=38&cpage=1#comment-4708 M. Thu, 16 Mar 2006 17:16:08 +0000 http://prentissriddle.com/blog/?p=38#comment-4708 I'm sorry I missed this talk! I don't guess there's a podcast available? Or is that honor reserved for keynoters and Bruce Sterling? Thanks for posting the slides anyway! I’m sorry I missed this talk! I don’t guess there’s a podcast available? Or is that honor reserved for keynoters and Bruce Sterling? Thanks for posting the slides anyway!

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