Week 9

Wikis! So I started editing Wikipedia some time this year and it is fun. Normally I edit entries about Broadway musicals because that's what I like, but occasionally I edit other things. My mom is also doing Project Play (her blog is Lakeview Review) and she set up a family wiki for us for her assignment this week. That was exciting both because I could piggy back on her assignment and because it's been fun to edit and update information about our Thanksgiving celebration. I love the concept of wikis and always rely on Wikipedia for all the latest pop culture news. If I ever have to know who got kicked off American Idol last night, Wikipedia is always the first place I check. I also like Stephen Colbert's Truthiness Encyclopedia titled Wikiality which he developed after a controversy in which he told his viewers to edit the Wikipedia entry on elephants to distort their population. He wasn't welcome at Wikipedia after that :) So yeah, wikis are fun and having a family wiki so far is really fun.

Week 8

Tagging is our topic du jour (du semaine, I guess). I've just tagged my blog posts for Project Play with the week number so far, I didn't really think about tagging them according to subject, but that's a good idea. I do tag things on my book review blog. My tags are pretty general and include novel, nonfiction, movie themed book, website and blog. I did start a del.icio.us account a while ago and maintain it still.

Ok, so I really like tagging and folksonomies and agree with the point made in the lecture that they're bridging the gap between librarians and users. I tried searching for Broadway and it's everything I would expect (and sadly no new amazing resource like I wanted to find). Anyway, I think that tag clouds are a great way to learn more about something or someone because you see what's used most or most important.