the lead article in today’s media guardian is on none other than tagging. seems like everyone is on about it! it’s actually a good straightforward article if you want to know what everyone is on about…
tagging – the latest way to search the web
…tags have a larger lesson to teach to media. They present a clear
demonstration that the web is not about flat content. The web is about
connections and the value that arises from them if you enable people to
collect and communicate. In the old, big, centralised, controlled world
of media, a few people with a few tools – pencils, presses and Dewey
decimals – thought they could organise the world and its content. But
as it turns out, left to its own devices, the world is often better at
organising itself.