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Tagging 101Northern Voice InternetBootCampVancouver, BC • February 22, 2008
About Me
Gene Smith
Edmonton, AB
← My book... available now!
(But I’ll give one away!)
Book site: http://genesmith.ca
• Simple and quick way to add metadata [*] to stuff you’re interested in, like photos, videos, blog posts and bookmarks.
* keywords that help you search and find things again.
What is tagging?
Maybe a demo will help...
• Let’s look at Delicious
• Social bookmarks manager
• One of the first tagging applications
• http://delicious.com
• Just about every web application that deals with information management
• Gmail, Flickr, YouTube
• WordPress, MovableType, Blogger
• Operating Systems (Vista, Mac, OLPC)
Who Uses Tagging?
• Ease of Use
• Personal Information Management
• Collaboration and Sharing
• Fun
• Self Expression
Why We Tag
nptech, a tag community
• “nptech”
• Created by a group of blogger exploring linksharing through Del.icio.us
• “I think that the development of this tag is arguably the single largest reason for the current (thriving I think) state of what is commonly called the “nptech community.” - Chris Blow
Social Tagging
• Social Hum
• Object-centered sociality
• Lowered barriers to participation
Photo: http://flickr.com/photos/nicholasjon/105650196/
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Reading web content
Creating ' broadcast' content (messageboards)
Article submission
Community
Current steps to participation
Article submission
Community
Reading web content, 'sending to a friend'
Votes/polls and tagging
Short commenting (eBay reviews; Friends Reunited)
Creating ' broadcast' content (messageboards)
Possible steps to participation© BBC 2005
• Tag your blog posts, photos, bookmarks
• Use your tags to find people with similar interests & connect with them
• Technorati
• Seed communities with your tags
• “nptech”
• Coordinate tags with others - “nv08”
Getting Started
“When the hype wears down... I think tagging will have altered the information landscape in a fundamental way”
- Jon Udell
Another demo...
Gene Smith
Principal, nForm User Experience
Email: [email protected]
Blog: http://atomiq.org
Twitter: http://twitter.com/gsmith
Slides: http://slideshare.net/gsmith