Tagging: People Powered Metadata for the Social Web
Gene Smith @ Northern Voice
As I have stated before, one of the benefits of attending a large (40 000+) university is that you can request any book under the sun for the library and they will not only order it for you but will hold it at the front desk of your library of choice. When I read on Gene Smith’s blog that his book had become available, I immediately requested that my library purchase it as it relates to my thesis research.
Gene Smith is a great speaker whom I met most recently at Northern Voice this year. There is a companion website for the book. I have just began reading the first chapter so I am not able to provide a valid assessment as yet, however I do recommend everyone order it from Amazon.com or ask their school library to order it as so much of web2.0 technology is built on the foundation of tags.
Relevance: Most of us tag daily whether using flickr, wordpress, or delicious, but few of us understand why we tag. This book explores the value of tagging.
