Social tagging and networking tools del.icio.us http://del.icio.us/ flickr http://www.flickr.com/ Related concepts folksonomies tag clouds graphical discovery engines ABPC 21 st Century Fellows Wendy Stephens January 26, 2006 Both social network sites have been acquired by

del.icio.us http://del.icio.us/

flickr http://www.flickr.com/

folksonomies

tag clouds

graphical discovery engines

del.icio.us Online bookmark file, accessible from any Internet-connected computer Need password to post to del.icio.us Manually or automatically, you can install two favorites One to post to del.icio.us One to get back to your del.icio.us account You can assign a description (free text, searchable) and tags (by creating a controlled vocabulary) How to use del.icio.us: Jon Udell screencast http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/gems/delicious.html

Online bookmark file, accessible from any Internet-connected computer

Need password to post to del.icio.us

Manually or automatically, you can install two favorites

One to post to del.icio.us

One to get back to your del.icio.us account

You can assign a description (free text, searchable) and tags (by creating a controlled vocabulary)

How to use del.icio.us: Jon Udell screencast

http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/gems/delicious.html

del.icio.us in the classroom “Push” high-quality website to students Group accounts allow students to share bookmarks of important sites http://del.icio.us/BuckhornLibrary

“Push” high-quality website to students

Group accounts allow students to share bookmarks of important sites

del.icio.us tagging Why tag? classification for retrieval and organization See how many people have tagged the same pages; what other pages have they tagged? Tag suggestions based on collective wisdom Tagging demands consistency and good spelling Resolves capitalization, not case-sensitive Spacing = separate tags You cannot combine tags in del.icio.us

Why tag? classification for retrieval and organization

See how many people have tagged the same pages; what other pages have they tagged?

Tag suggestions based on collective wisdom

Resolves capitalization, not case-sensitive

Spacing = separate tags

You cannot combine tags in del.icio.us

tagging and folksonomies Instead of using a predetermined set of category label (like the Library of Congress Subject headings), users are developing their own taxonomy for classifying online content based on what they find useful: folksonomies Folksonomies differ from established classification schemes in that they tend not to be hierarchical and are considered to be less precise

Instead of using a predetermined set of category label (like the Library of Congress Subject headings), users are developing their own taxonomy for classifying online content based on what they find useful: folksonomies

Folksonomies differ from established classification schemes in that they tend not to be hierarchical and are considered to be less precise

del.icio.us tagging Tag clouds Font size corresponds with frequency Themes emerge Online presence

Tag clouds

Font size corresponds with frequency

Themes emerge

Online presence

del.icio.us feeds RSS feeds Monitor an individual’s additions Monitor a particular tag Monitor tags assigned a particular page

RSS feeds

Monitor an individual’s additions

Monitor a particular tag

Monitor tags assigned a particular page

flickr Why use flickr? Host image files for your blog Not just pictures, diagrams as well Free uploads and server space (up to about 20 per month for a free account) Downside Images are public unless marked otherwise. Know your school’s policy about posting student’s pictures Must have Yahoo! account to view flickr

Why use flickr?

Host image files for your blog

Not just pictures, diagrams as well

Free uploads and server space (up to about 20 per month for a free account)

Downside

Images are public unless marked otherwise. Know your school’s policy about posting student’s pictures

Must have Yahoo! account to view flickr

Flickr uploaded pictures your page http://www.flickr.com/photos/wendyontheweb/ dedicated URL for each image http://www.flickr.com/photos/wendyontheweb/85031734/ Blog This compatibility with most blogging software

your page

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wendyontheweb/

dedicated URL for each image

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wendyontheweb/85031734/

Blog This compatibility with most blogging software

Picture blogged from flickr http://www.wendyontheweb.com/21stCenturyWendy.html

flickr Tags are searchable Social side Contacts Groups Comments

Tags are searchable

Social side

Contacts

Groups

Comments

flickr fun Spell with flickr http://metaatem.net/words/ Mapper http://mappr.com/ flickr feeds

Spell with flickr http://metaatem.net/words/

Mapper http://mappr.com/

Graphical searching as a discovery tool Liveplasma http://www.liveplasma.com/ Formerly musicplasma, now includes a movie search Displays results as the center of a creative universe KartOO http://www.kartoo.com/ Mouseover to see content from each of the pages Create a new map by clicking on the appropriate topic

Liveplasma http://www.liveplasma.com/

Formerly musicplasma, now includes a movie search

Displays results as the center of a creative universe

KartOO http://www.kartoo.com/

Mouseover to see content from each of the pages

Create a new map by clicking on the appropriate topic

Why use graphical searching? To clear up searching which produces ambiguous results. One classic example is mercury a car a planet a Roman God A chemical element a rock star Cool powerpoint backgrounds http://www.indezine.com/powerpoint/templates/freetemplates.html

To clear up searching which produces ambiguous results.

One classic example is mercury

a car

a planet

a Roman God

A chemical element

a rock star