Folksonomies - Cooperative Classification and Communication Through Shared Metadata. A meme worth touching on here... Folksonomies - Cooperative Classification and Communication Through Shared Metadata Adam Mathes December 2004 This paper examines user-
generated metadata as implemented and applied in two web services designed to share [ClinedbloG - Elearning from the trenches.] 11:07:27 PM ![]() |
Barking up the wrong tree. Newspapers turn to podcasting to shore up readership among younger demos. The logic goes like this: kids are way into iPods; podcasting is related to iPods; therefore podcasting is the ticket to the young audience. I've seen the general idea quoted by expert after expert including the big tech analysts, and it never feels quite right to me. I don't think it's a youth phenomenon. For one thing, there's a recent survey saying it's not the case. And anecdotally, I'm around a lot... [learnandteachonline.com] 11:05:49 PM ![]() |
Numbers Show Economic Lag Before Storm. WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (AP) - Hurricane Katrina is eating into the economy, leading to concern that consumers will lose confidence and curtail spending. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. [NYT > Business] 11:05:22 PM ![]() |
Google Blog Search.Google Blog . Name your topic and Google will find you all the weblogs that address it. Thanx and a hat tip to George Siemens at [elearnspace]
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A pair of articles every e-Learning producer should read.Web 2.0 for Designers.What is this "Web 2.0" business we keep seeing referenced lately? This article introduces the concept and is vital reading for developers and managers as well as for designers. "Enter Web 2.0, a vision of the Web in which information is broken up into “microcontent” units that can be distributed over dozens of domains. The Web of documents has morphed into a Web of data. We are no longer just looking to the same old sources for information. Now we’re looking to a new set of tools to aggregate and remix microcontent in new and useful ways. The Web of documents has morphed into a Web of data. We are no longer just looking to the same old sources for information. Now we’re looking to a new set of tools to aggregate and remix microcontent in new and useful ways. These tools, the interfaces of Web 2.0, will become the frontier of design innovation." Stephen Downes on E-Learning 2.0.What E-Learning 2.0 means To You 11:49:10 AM ![]() |
DoubleClick: Email Going Strong, But Open Rates Sag. [MarketingVOX - The Voice of Online Marketing] 11:28:45 AM ![]() |