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Emerging topics
You might have seen the tag clouds posted below. I calculate tag positions based on co-occurrence, such that tags used together are placed closer to each other. Additionally, tags are scaled áccording...
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Tag maps update
As promised, here is an update to the tag maps application I introduced below along with some explanations. For the impatient: HERE’S THE LINK (Update again: The latest version can be found here) And...
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A very nice paper on the “laissez-faire librarianship” often associated with tagging vs. more structured semantic web approaches. Most notable is that the discussion is put in the context of Husserl’s...
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Emerging topics v2
I am currently working on trends in individual tagging behaviour. You might have seen a first, animated version of my studies based on tag maps. The original animation shows the emergence of previously...
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You say… We say…
Another visual experiment on tagging: How do individuals use tags — compared to the community? Do you use private language or are you a mainstream tagger? When you tag with “design” — do the others...
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Emerging topics update
My thesis is due pretty soon, so I am currently writing A LOT and make some on–the–go beautifications to my experiments. First one is the emerging topics histogram. I followed my own advice and...
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Weinberger at the Well
There is an interesting discussion with David Weinberger (author of “Everything is miscellaneous”) going on at the Well about folksonomies and metadata.
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I’m in yr bookz…
… visualizing your tags :) The “Tagging” book by Gene Smith is out. I am still awaiting a paper copy, but had a chance to look at the online version already. It looks really comprehensive, concise and...
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Shared tag space
A little sideproduct from the selfiecity project: (click for zoomable version) Shared tag space — a comparative visualization of the keywords people in five cities use to describe their selfies. The...
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