The document discusses tagging and provides an overview of what tagging is, who uses tagging, why we tag, and how to get started with tagging. Tagging allows people to add metadata keywords to items like photos, videos, and blog posts to help with searching and finding items again. Many web applications use tagging, including Flickr, YouTube, and Delicious. Tagging provides benefits like ease of use, personal information management, collaboration and sharing, and fun. The document encourages readers to tag their own content and connect with others using similar tags.

1. Tagging 101
Northern Voice InternetBootCamp
Vancouver, BC • February 22, 2008

2. About Me
Gene Smith
Edmonton, AB
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Book site: http://genesmith.ca

3. What is tagging?
• Simple and quick way to add metadata [*]
to stuff you’re interested in, like photos,
videos, blog posts and bookmarks.
* keywords that help you search and find things again.

4. Maybe a demo will help...
• Let’s look at Delicious
• Social bookmarks manager
• One of the first tagging applications
• http://delicious.com

6. Who Uses Tagging?
• Just about every web application that
deals with information management
• Gmail, Flickr, YouTube
• WordPress, MovableType, Blogger
• Operating Systems (Vista, Mac, OLPC)

7. Why We Tag
• Ease of Use
• Personal Information Management
• Collaboration and Sharing
• Fun
• Self Expression

12. nptech, a tag community
• “nptech”
• Created by a group of blogger exploring
linksharing through Del.icio.us
• “I think that the development of this tag is
arguably the single largest reason for the current
(thriving I think) state of what is commonly
called the “nptech community.” - Chris Blow

14. Social Tagging
• Social Hum
• Object-centered sociality
• Lowered barriers to participation

15. Photo: http://flickr.com/photos/nicholasjon/105650196/

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17. Community Community
Article Article
submission submission
Creating ' broadcast' Creating ' broadcast'
content (messageboards) content (messageboards)
Short commenting (eBay
reviews; Friends Reunited)
Votes/polls and tagging
Reading web content, 'sending to a friend'
Reading web content
© BBC 2005
Current steps to participation Possible steps to participation

18. Getting Started
• Tag your blog posts, photos, bookmarks
• Use your tags to find people with similar
interests & connect with them
• Technorati
• Seed communities with your tags
• “nptech”
• Coordinate tags with others - “nv08”

19. “When the hype wears down... I think
tagging will have altered the information
landscape in a fundamental way”
- Jon Udell

20. Another demo...

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