Vincent Tsao on 2008-03-09
"Rashmi's theory of tagging" --- any idea?
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Garry JenkinA cognitive analysis of tagging
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Chris MeredithAt the start, let me confess that I struggled with this topic. From my first encounter with tagging (on systems such as del.icio.us & flickr), I could feel how easy it was to tag. But it took me a while to understand the cognitive processes at work. W
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Colin ApelInteresting article analyzing the superiority of tagging over categorizing by discussing the various costs and psychological problems involved with decision making around organizing information
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In the digital world, we don't just categorize an object, we also
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In my opinion, tagging eliminates the decision - (choosing the right
category), and takes away the analysis-paralysis stage for most people. - 1 more annotations...
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The rapid growth of tagging(1)in the last year is testament to how easy and enjoyable people find the tagging process. The question is how to explain it at the cognitive level. In search for a cognitive explanation of tagging,
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What follows is Rashmi's theory of tagging
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This is a basic cognitive process - putting things into categories
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The brilliance of Gmail was to separate the tagging from the archiving
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Emma BentonAt the start, let me confess that I struggled with this topic. From my first encounter with tagging (on systems such as del.icio.us & flickr), I could feel how easy it was to tag. But it took me a while to understand the cognitive processes at work. What
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how the lower cognitive cost of tagging makes it popular
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Kaila Bussertreally liked this explanation of tagging
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Elijah Lofgren"From my first encounter with tagging (on systems such as del.icio.us & flickr), I could feel how easy it was to tag. But it took me a while to understand the cognitive processes at work. What follows is Rashmi's theory of tagging - my hypothesis about th
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the cognitive process that kicks into place
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Tony RichardsA cognitive analysis of tagging
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Rashmi's theory of tagging
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The rapid growth of tagging
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Rudy GarnsWhat follows is Rashmi's theory of tagging - my hypothesis about the cognitive process that kicks into place when we tag an item, and how this differs than the process of categorizing. In doing so, my hope is to explain the increasing popularity of taggin
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Karoly Czifrahow the lower cognitive cost of tagging makes it popular
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in fact, one purpose that tagging serves is transmitting cultural knowledge about our constantly evolving digital lives.
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In the digital world, we don't just categorize an object, we also optimize its future findability. We need to consider not just the most likely category, but also where we are most likely to look for the item at the time of finding. These two questions might lead to conflicting answers, and complicate the categorization process.
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tuffnellparkcognitive analysis of tagging
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A cognitive analysis of tagging
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Mandy SchiefnerEine kognitive Analyse des taggings, vor allem für die Wissenschaft
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Tom Hemingwaycognitive processes involved in tagging & how this differs from process of categorizing.
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Aviva GabrielLet's explore how the lower cognitive cost of tagging makes it popular...From my first encounter with tagging (on systems such as del.icio.us & flickr), I could feel how easy it was to tag. But it took me a while to understand the cognitive processes at w
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(or how the lower cognitive cost of tagging makes it popular)
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