I asked some people at the recent IASummit about folksonomies in the hallways. PeterMe thinks the IAs have a better conversation going on around folksonomies than the techies - I’m not so sure. I’ve been a bit dissapointed with the lack of IA’s speaking up in the blogosphere about this.
The panel at the IA Summit was good though. It lacked insights about integrating folksonomies with other approaches (how exactly, folks?), and there were some misconceptions (synonyms are NOT a problem with folksonomies, they’re a problem with the technology. Google solved search query synonyms pretty well, the folksonomies will do the same.), but overall it was great to hear IA’s speak up. Too bad we don’t do this publicly, enough (and I’m as guilty as the next guy).
Peter Morville’s part of the panel was brilliant. I’d actually never seen him speak - he had me laugh out lout quite a few times. David Weinberger’s favourite metaphor (folksonomies are leaves falling of the trees) was extended in many ways. Peter Morville: “what happens with leaves that are raked together? They rot. And become food. For trees. Which then live long and useful lives.” There was more talk about trees having many shapes, trees blocking out the light for new things to grow, people bumping into trees which can cause pain and so on. Fun.
Anyways,
here’s the movie (Quicktime, 7M)
March 21st, 2005 at 11:11 pm
Cool video, Peter. My boss Jared is even on there! Thanks for the pointer…and I’m looking forward to more video blogs.
March 31st, 2005 at 6:52 pm
We may not speak up about it, but when there’s a video camera thrust in our faces, we have no choice…
I look much more uncomfortable on camera than I think I do when talking with someone in person, but maybe my perception is off.
April 18th, 2005 at 4:04 pm
This is great. I appreciate the AI’s take, because they seem reluctant to throw the latest cool new word around so lightly. I have been annoyed myself witht the techies talk, I mean, we need to ssee this stuff play out a little more. And also these guys seem to have a better sense of humor than the techies. Maybe you can have a techie vs.AI karaoke sing off!
May 30th, 2005 at 5:00 pm
I liked what Paul Ford had to say. Would have liked to hear more about rebranding celebrities and what’s involved with lying to people. Still don’t really know what folksonomies are. Essentially it’s tagging, right? Do I need to know more?
I like the “How do they make you feel?” question, mainly for the absurdity of it. Like “How does economics make you feel? Happy, sad?” There is no context to this question. “How does the word ‘the’ make you feel? Are you happy about it? Sad?” I don’t understand this question and find it odd that no one challenged you on it.