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You're Doing That Wrong! Rule of Thumb

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report led me to post on the concept of 'collabuary' raised in the report, which prompted Stephen Downes to comment in reply , trying to distinguish between folksonomies and collabuaries (which he thinks isn't a useful term; it just means 'vocabulary' or 'taxonomy'). Resources included in the wiki with podcast. A link to a Web 2.0

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Live Blogging ONG Web 2.0 Conference in Romania sponsored by the Soros Foundation in Bucharest

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Wiki: Collective brain of humanity. He also mentioned a Romanian wiki called MediaPedia.Ro. Talked about the problem of wiki spam and how easy it is to administrator. Described the difference between taxonomy and folksonomy. For example, Daily Kos created a wiki. He talked about the growth of wikipedia.

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NpTechTag Summary: Connected Conversations, Live Blogging, and Other Great Finds

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. Check out the SDCTC Community Portal (is the idea of a "portal" web 2.0 A Couple of Really Good Wikis. A WikiTation is a presentation delivered in a wiki.

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NpTechTag Summary: Happy Thanksgiving and Geeky Gobble Gobble

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Democracy in Action give us a great list of " Six Outside the Stocking Ideas for Online Fundraising." Tagging " Beneath the Metadata: Some Philosophical Problems with Folksonomy " has been making the rounds on various nonprofit technology lists, particularly in the library and museum communities.

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Backwards Interview: My Advice for Incorporation of Web 2.0 into Museums

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He got in touch with me last week to discuss some ideas for the article and asked me to respond to a few questions. Start thinking about tagging and folksonomies. But every once in a while, it's nice to go back to the big picture. James Yasko is writing an article for an upcoming issue of Museum News on museums and Web 2.0.

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