If I had to tag my week, I would choose between "busy" or "exhausting", but this assignment would be tagged as "late."
I thought I would use this opportunity for a plug as long as I have to post a photo. This is a picture of the ragtag group of misfits I play music with on a regular basis. Usually at the 400 Bar on Cedar and Franklin in the West Bank area, but we tour other cities when we're all able to. Our name is Nallo and the Rosy Dozers and more info can be fount at our myspace page.
I found the readings interesting and it's the first time I've really been exposed to the term folksonomy but there is no doubt it's an apt term. I feel like the Sturtz piece had a nice explanation of the expected and observed benefits [and drawbacks] of such a system though it was a pretty general examination. As a regular user of such systems (though Flickr is completely new to me) the real potent information comes from use rather than broad list of observations. For example, the example Sturtz cites regarding a user tagging their photo with the term 'flower' brought back terrible memories of scrolling through pages and pages of results on any of a number of catalogue-oriented sites. This major fault in the folksonomy approach to categorization is a reminder that in order to get the most out of such a system one must keep in mind the social aspects of the new web in which we work. Users of a site like del.icio.us are probably mostly under thirty and well-acquainted with the internet; some however, probably aren't. The challenge, for the administration of such a site, is to stay accessible enough for the general public and yet stay specialized enough for the newly-evolving sect of high-power users that are looking for specifics; i.e. Helianthus annuus instead of sunflower instead of flower, or all three?