Category Archives: tagging

Why Outside.in may have the local solution

Posted on July 24, 2007 by

The recent blog frenzy over hyperlocal media inspired me to have a look at Outside.in again. It’s not just the high profile backers and the intense competitive set that make Outside.in worth a second look. There’s something very compelling in … Continue reading →

Posted in 94107, advertising, aggregation, blogging, citizen media, citizenjournalism, collaboration, community, economics, edge, journalism, local, media, network effects, outside.in, participation, peer production, platform, potrero hill, publishing, san francisco, semanticweb, social media, tagging | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

A community site without a community

Posted on January 3, 2007 by

Taking a little time at home last week gave me a chance to play around with one of my experiments that was nearly at its end. FlipBait is a simple Pligg/MediaWiki site that pokes fun at the dotcom golddiggers out … Continue reading →

Posted in aggregation, collaboration, community, delicious, digg, flipbait, how to, mediawiki, participation, pligg, publishing, socialmedia, tagging, wiki | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Preview of the del.icio.us publisher api

Posted on December 19, 2006 by

I just posted a short screencast on the YDN blog of the cool new publisher api coming from del.icio.us soon. I’ve also embedded the video below. Lots of interesting possibilities with this new service, for sure. Embed video:

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Challenging why (and how) people tag things

Posted on September 19, 2006 by

One of the more interesting hacks at Yahoo! Hack Day last week was a game that challenged the notion of tagging. How effective is tagging for recall? Can you remember what you tagged any given item? This question gets right … Continue reading →

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