A couple of great quotes from this morning’s SXSW panel on tagging (Actual title: “Beyond Folksonomies: Knitting Tag Clouds for Grandma”)
Liz Lawley
The best technology is created to solve a problem we already have. Flickr was invented because Caterina Fake and her friends had a problem with sharing photos. Del.icio.us was created because Joshua Schachter had a problem with managing bookmarks.
Building new software “because we can” and then looking for a use for it…
Get your stuff out there and test it with people who never heard of Flickr.
Bonus link: Mary Hodder’s ground-busting study of how people actually use tagging: Tagging by Bloggers.
More in-depth panel coverage from Tony Walsh and Chat Clussman.