SXSW 2006: Beyond Folksonomies
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As the web evolves, contextual navigation is increasingly necessary. The top-down, authoritarian, Semantic Web approach is way too restrictive, and the bottom-up, free-love, rebelliousness of folksonomies is way too permissive. What's next? A compromise of extremes? A middle-out approach? Something completely different? Can GYM save us? Tune in to find out.
The Panelists
The people behind the table
The following folks shared their comments on, criticisms about and ideas for the future development of folksonomies
- Mary Hodder
- Napsterization
- Liz Lawley
- Mamamusings: Technology and academia
- David Swedlow
- Opposable Mind
- J Wynia
- "Web consultant, writer and geek"
The Examples Everyone Gives
What sites offer the best examples of folksonomies?
When people talk about folksonomies, the same case studies tend to pop up. Here are the most talked-about examples
- Flickr
- Photo sharing
- Delicious
- Socially organized bookmarks
- Technorati
- "Currently tracking 30.3 million sites and 2.1 billion links."
Other Sites Mentioned
Additional examples and resources
While these might not have a lot to do with tagging and folksonomies per se, these projects came up in the conversation
- Attention Trust
- "A non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the basic rights of attention owners"
- Dabble
- A closed video sharing community currently limited to 100 people
Relevant Reading
Where to start
These few pages and articles might be the best introductory points to the idea of folksonomies
- Wikipedia: Folksonomy
- The collaborative encyclopedic entry on collaborative efforts to organize information on the Internet.
- Folksonomies Tap People Power
- A Wired News article from Feb. 1, 2005
- Folksonomies: A User-Driven Approach to Organizing Content
- An early look at the implications for user interface engineers
- Folksonomies: How About Metadata Ecologies?
- Louis Rosenfeld on the downside of folksonomies
Folksonomies in Sight
YouTube videos
Let's see what people are sharing
Folksonomy News Feed
Recent headlines
Stories on the topic of folksonomies
Flickr on Folksonomy
Pictures of people-driven context
What kinds of images does the tag "folksonomy" trigger?
Books of Interest
If you're interested in learning more, read these books!
These texts that touch on the topic at hand might make interesting corollary reading
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