Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
JANUARY 6, 2007
Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tagging Discussion January 6, 2007 Beth started a cross-blog discussion about tagging and folksonomies, and I thought I’d weigh in. But is efficiency the most important thing?
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 30, 2005
On the Museums/Computers list, there has been a vigorous discussion about folksonomies and G??nter Technorati Tags: art , museums , net2 , tag , nptech , ict , ngo , folksonomy Stop in, stay awhile, and hang out. nter Waibel has done an excellent job of summarizing it.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 9, 2007
The NpTech Tag discussion continues. " Marnie Webb also points out another way that a folksonomy can help improve a taxonomy - with maintenance. " In an earlier summary , a key theme emerged -- the ways that folksonomy and taxonomy can produce best of both worlds results.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 17, 2007
An informal online discussion about the NPTECH tag over at Cpsquared. We'll be discussing this online leading up to a conference call Thursday, March 1 at 20:00 GMT. Here's a list of questions we're discussing online now: How does the community evolve along with the tag and how to nurture it? Want to join in the fun?
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 7, 2007
The Cross Blog Discussion of the NpTechTag has generated some comments and blog posts that I've summarized below. Let's begin with big picture question that Gavin raised: What purpose do folksonomies serve? Gavin's post does a great job explaining the definitions and the advantages of a taxonomy over a folksonomy.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 3, 2007
Gavin's Digital Diner gave us a thoughtful post about the pros/cons of taxonomy versus folksonomy, and the quality (or lack of) in user-generated content. What purpose do folksonomies serve? Some philosophical problems with Folksonomy." The NpTech tag early discussions can be found here: [link].
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 17, 2007
Many useful observations and questions raised about how to analyze the tagging data we've collected and how to move from a folksonomy to a taxonomy. We also discussed the aggregation and publishing side and some initial goals for the NPTech Community site. Summary of Cross-Blog Discussion on NpTech Tag. January 12, 2007.
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