Thing #18: "Tag" Something on a Web 2.0 Service

Description:

A "tag" is label that can be applied to a photo, bookmark or anything else so that it a) can be described and b) may be put aside for later. This "thing" asks you to try out a tag on a service of your choice.

Here are some popular services that offer tags:

• Blogger, Wordpress (although don't you think this is cheating a little)?
• LibraryThing, and Bibliophil
• del.icio.us
• Flickr, YouTube and related sites.

Hints:

• You may need an account with the service you are using to create tags.
• The collection of tags used on a service is called a "Folksonomy." Remember that: it will help you complete Thing Number 20, and has one other use you will discover later.
• Think of tags as like storing something in a folder, except the folder is "applied" to the object instead of the object being put in the folder. The main advantage is that tags work as if you had the same file in a number of different folders at the same time.
• Tagging is also helpful because it can be unique. For instance, maybe you need a certain photo for a course or program -- you can tag the photo with the program/course name!

Resources:

• The Flickr Tagging page.
  

Thing #16: Try Out del.icio.us

Description:

del.icio.us is a social bookmarking website. Your task is very simple. Try it out and tell me what it does on your blog. I do not care how far you got, or even if you just read the wikipedia article about it -- I just want you to play around with the site to see what it does.

Hints:

• Maybe you want to see my del.icio.us account.
• No "www" before the del.icio.us in the web address. Just http://del.icio.us .
• If you want to add bookmarks to the account, you will need to create an account. There will also be a "step" where you will be asked to upload the Firefox or Internet Explorer extension. That's up to you if you want to do that. It is not necessary for the thing.
• For Things #s 14 through to 20, I will accept "Tried it and Failed" as a successful completion.