For my flight to Hawaii’s Big Island this week, I downloaded a rented movie from iTunes the very day they made the announcement. Imagine my surprise when I tried to sync it to my 30Gig Video iPod (now called a 5th generation iPod) and it wouldn’t work. Only the newer models (called Video Classics) are… [Continue]
Tags, Tag Clouds and Folksonomy
Today’s rambling is about tags, folksonomy, and the sharing of knowledge. This is a topic that is both completely simple (a “tag” is a user-created label or keyword) and complex at the same time. If all users are creating their own tags (or labels or categories) .. then how do we find a common ground… [Continue]
W00t Wins aWard!
W00t? What? A word spelled with two zeros wins the 2007 Merriam-Webster Word of the Year? The honor does NOT mean that the word will be included in their regular dictionary, but it will proudly display its prize in the online Open Dictionary. According to their definition: “w00t” is an injection expressing joy, or meaning… [Continue]
Have You Seen the Kindle Yet?
Just when I was getting into an audio book groove (buying books from Audible), Amazon announces a very exciting wireless book reader called Kindle. Even if you are NOT a total gadget freak (like I am) and you don’t have room on your Christmas or Hanukkah list for a $400 toy, you have to see… [Continue]
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