Friday, 19 February 2010

week 5 thing 10 tags and the long tail

I like the idea of foksonomies and tags. I'm sure there are lots of new subjects that don't quite fit in with old taxonomies, and new ways of seeing the world that don't conform to the old hegemonies. Writers like Chris Anderson put this very well in his 2006 book "The Long Tail" where he describes online business phenomena like Amazon which show the effect of large numbers on small areas of interest.

Why not use the old (LOC, DCC) and new (Joe Blogs') along side each other for a while?

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Tagged: economics, information profession, library, long tail, marketing, skills

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