BurningbirdPeter Merholz writes an exceptionally good response to Clay Shirky’s Ontology is Overrated. Clay’s whole argument predicates a black-and-white distinction between evil hierarchy on one side and good tags on the other… And while Clay is right to question hierarchy, and, particularly, Yahoo’s less-than-optimal use of it, he neglects to distinguish truly useful forms of professionally-created classification and […]
Danny Ayers: I’m guessing Shelley’s comment was where the ‘lower-case semantic web’ thing originated. You betcha. And I’m going after royalties, baby. I figure a dime for every mention, and my taxes will be paid and groceries bought. For a month. Yup, I just hope that Technorati has lots of money. Lots and lots of money. Corante, […]
Let’s hear it for the Squid People! Fans of all things invertebrate! Martin Wisse is a squid fan or at least a family member is. And PZ Meyers at Pharyngula, my favorite BioMan, points to a great video that gives one pause when expressing a wish to meet a live Architeuthis Dux or Architeuthis Colossal in person someday.