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The Horizon Project

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Virtual Worlds. It isn't quite a taxonomy, but it does layout the tags according to key aspects of the project. What struck me was the code of ethics for Virtual Worlds: Virtual Worlds Act in second life like you would in your first life. Social Networking. Mobile Phones. Who had input?

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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. Virtual Worlds and Video Games Ian Bogost takes some of the fun out of video games -- and replaces it with opinion with his "playable editorial cartoons." " Web 2.0,

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NpTechTag Summary: Happy Thanksgiving and Geeky Gobble Gobble

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And this year it may very well be virtual volunteering. Jayne Cravens has a great piece on the topic here and you find an excellent how-to article for using SKYPE with virtual volunteers here. The article offers some clear explanations of taxonomies and folksonomies, but goes on to give many reasons why you should dislike folksonomies.

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