May 24, 2008 in Folksonomy, Geotagging, Metadata, Microformats, Ontology, Semantic Technology, Social Indexing, Social tagging, Taxonomy, metalogging, web3
Tagging is folksonomy but folksonomy is not tagging !
No I’m not looking to squeeze the maximum number of buzzwords into a title, but to make my point that folksonomy means more than simply tagging. Today it’s undoubtedly true that folksonomy is systematically associated with tagging.
There are numerous definitions of folksonomy on the Internet (see the [...]
Franz Unveils AllegroGraph v3.0 – A Web 3.0 Database “Web 3.0’s Database” now with Activity Recognition Capabilities
19-May-2008: Franz, Inc. today announced the release of version 3.0 of AllegroGraph, the industry’s first RDF database to integrate GeoTemporal Reasoning and Social Networking Analytics in a high-performance persistent database for storing and querying billions [...]
The perils of popularity
I am giving a talk tomorrow at Yahoo Research Labs titled “The perils of popularity“. There has been a lot of excitement about how web-based social systems harness the wisdom of crowds. I want to challenge that notion. I also want to challenge some of Chris Anderson’s assertions about the long tail. [...]
Do you love Facebook, or need it?
http://www.cmswatch.com/
Ted Leonsis, the former AOL executive and current owner of the National Hockey League’s Washington Capitals, recently posted a blog entry comparing Facebook’s critical development crossroads to that of AOL. He challenges Facebook to make the hard decision of whether they want their brand to [...]
There are no established practices for setting up social media within most corporations. Those are the findings of Comrade Managing Partner Thelton McMillian in an exclusive study conducted for Marketing Voices. In this podcast, McMillian speaks with Jennifer Jones about the study, which is based on conversations with corporate marketing professionals, and found also that [...]
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What’s new with Google Calendar
Just launched!
Wake yourself up with our new Google Wake Up Kit!
Do you have trouble getting out of bed in the morning? We do, too. In fact this problem became so serious at times that it sometimes resulted in lacklustre attendance at team meetings. To help solve the problem [...]
The Future of Marketing + Advertising
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Street theater at its best
