Folksonomic Flaws?...In this article we look at what makes folksonomies work...We begin by looking at the issue of "sloppy tags", a problem to which critics of folksonomies are keen to allude, and ask if there are ways the folksonomy community could offse
Popular Internet applications that take advantage of social tagging – think flickr and del.icio.us – have captured our collective imagination in recent years. Museums have an opportunity to learn from these new applications, using folksonomic classifi
"What is Web2.0 and why does it matter? The answer is glocalization. When the web started, the hype was that geography would no longer matter. Glocalized structures and networks are the backbone of Web2.0. Web2.0 is about glocalization, it is about making global information available to local social contexts and giving people the flexibility to find, organize, share and create information in a locally meaningful fashion that is globally accessible." Die Autorin setzt sich kritisch mit den Konsequenzen, die das das Web 2.0 auf eine sozio-kulturelle Entwicklung hat.
The bursting of the dot-com bubble in the fall of 2001 marked a turning point for the web. Many people concluded that the web was overhyped, when in fact bubbles and consequent shakeouts appear to be a common feature of all technological revolutions. Shak
Unlike blogs, tumblelogs aren't designed like a newspaper column. They're the easiest way to share everything you find, love, hate, or create — even if you're not wordy.
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