An entry in You’re It refers to an article by Jon Udell in InfoWorld.
Jon Udell discusses how tagging is becoming more popular as new applications emerge and how this may be related to information management. I am also using del.icio.us to bundle dynamically bits of information that share with others when friends/colleague are searching for something in particular. As Jon states:
When the novelty wears off, though, I think that tagging will have altered the information landscape in a fundamental way. Here’s an example: I’m often asked a question that begins with “Do you have any pointers to … ?” The answer to such a question is a set of URLs. Two years ago, I would have collected those URLs and transmitted them in the body of an e-mail. Nowadays I’d collect them using del.icio.us tags and send only the del.icio.us URL
Sending a del.icio.us tag is done for two reasons. I want to introduce my friends to the power of social tagging and the concept of folksonomies and I also want to create a shared space where I can continue to store relevant content with them that I may come across in the future.
Relevance: Relates to my thesis interest exploring how tagging may be used as a cooperative tool for searching and sharing information on a large scale.