OD 2005 Blog

I’m heading to Stanford this week for the 2005 Online Deliberation conference. I’m currently setting up a conference blog that puts some of my recent investigations into tagging to work as a tool for collaboration and dialogue among conference participants.
OD2005

Tag aggregation

I’ve created a category in this blog called OD2005 and I’m experimenting to see which blog search engine picks it up first.

del.icio.us taxonomies

Step 1: Lie awake at night, wondering whether there isn’t something that can organize your favourite web links that will work better than del.icio.us. Step 2: Lie awake at night, wondering whether you should use Furl or Spurl or del.icio.us. Step 2a (optional):...

WordPress Plugins: Wish list

I stumbled across a brave WordPress coder who has actually posted an open request for suggested plugins. Here’s my contribution: Here’s a thought. It seems CRAZY that the world is full of people downloading WP plugins from one server only to re-upload them to...

Tagsurf

Found another tag-enabled site. Sooner or later I’ll have to stop keeping track of the emergence of each tag-supporting web site, but for now, they are few enough to note as they appear.
Welcome to Tagsurf. Tagsurf is a new type of online message board…

Delicious Linkbacks

Delicious Linkbacks is a must-have for any del.icio.us user. Install Linkbacks into your toolbar (via drag ‘n drop — a five second job) and click to see how any web page you visit has been bookmarked by other del.icio.us users. This is a GREAT tool in the...

NerdTests.com Fun Tests – Nerd Quiz

I am heartbroken to discover that I only rate as semi-nerdy. I think the problem is that my nerdiness is restricted to tech nerdiness rather than general science nerdiness (on which front I score pathetically low). I’ll keep my eye out for something that tests...

ctrl-ault-del » Blog Archive » Salon and Technorati

Salon now features Technorati trackers that tell you who is blogging in response to any given Salon story. This would be a great feature for lots of sites, and while I can imagine some workarounds that would allow sites to effectively achieve this, the…