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May 15, 2005 |

Write a blog entry. Click on “Write” to post a story to the blog. Enter your text in the “title” and “post” fields. Choose the appropriate category (or categories) from the right-hand site of the screen. Click “publish” to post it to the blog immediately, OR “save as...

OD 2005 Blog

May 15, 2005 |

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.
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Tag aggregation

May 15, 2005 |

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

May 14, 2005 |

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): Lie...

WordPress Plugins: Wish list

May 14, 2005 |

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 another...

Tagsurf

May 14, 2005 |

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

May 13, 2005 |

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 war on tag...

NerdTests.com Fun Tests – Nerd Quiz

May 13, 2005 |

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...