Archive for the ‘tagging’ Category

Reply hazy, try again later? and some links

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Sorry for the downtime last week -- the host box developed a motherboard / power supply problem.  It's back up on a new box, and I'm hoping to tinker with WordPress next month.  Sooner than than that,  I'll post about my election judge experience. In the meantime, here are links to ...

Liveblogging the January NoVaLUG meeting

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

This  morning I'm at the Northern Virginia Linux User Group meeting.  The topic is photo management software for Linux (presentation by Theodore Ruegsegger), but they also asked anyone with an  XO to bring it along, so Jonathan Blocksom put the word out on the One Laptop Per Child Learning Club ...

Not the LibraryThing I signed up for

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

I started using LibraryThing because I liked its tagging power (for browsing and searching). I also liked its less-commercial book pages, fondness for and willingness to work with libraries, and above-average books reviews from LT members, and book-based discussions (easy to find and see updates on discussions of ...

Digging for non-badgers?

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

I got what I assume is comment spam (due to the linkback, selling some single), complaining that they can't figure out how to Digg my entry.  I'm not against Digg in principle, but not being a Digger or knowing any (as far as I know), I'm not feeling very compelled.  ...

Fragmentation

Friday, August 3rd, 2007

Catherine Devlin's birthday wish list expresses a desire for a tag-based file access system, for (re)organizing her folder structure and tracking files to hang onto for migration and other purposes. Sounds good to me! I'd love to see a TortoiseCVS-style application I could run on top of Windows ...

Metadata, schmetadata … or useful context?

Thursday, April 12th, 2007

erp4it: A metadata rant is an example of folks reacting badly to the term "metadata". In the linked entry, the rant is in the context of IT and enterprise resource planning (ERP), but I've also seen other vehement objections to the term (see the Wikipedia criticisms on it). ...

Tags, Personal Information Management, and Beyond

Monday, March 5th, 2007

I tend to be more interested in topics that don't fit neatly into one category: interdisciplinary, multi-faceted matters.  This is why I was so happy when I discovered tags (and social bookmarking, serendipitously) -- a.k.a. "labels" in Gmail.   I like the way tagging helps me organize and recall information I've come across on the ...

LibraryThing and Information Management

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

Now that a handheld trigger-scanner is coming my way, I've created a LibraryThing account for myself. So far, I've just manually added books I had at the office; the major imports will come when I get the scanner and a friend helps me whip through my bookcases at home. I'm ...

Libraries and Knowledge Management

Monday, February 12th, 2007

While attempting to hunt up free web presentation software options for a friend (anyone know of any?), I came across the article Participatory Networks: The Library as Conversation. Claim: Knowledge is created through conversation (which can take place over time). Libraries can provide a service by facilitating conversations. Gives examples ...