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January 31, 2005

Cool stuff with tags

Check the tag "10placesofmycity" at Technorati. People from around the world are tagging URLS, posts and photos showing off where they live. Technorati is automatically assembling them into a mini city pride portal. Cool! [Technorati tag: taxonomy] [Disclosure: I'm on technorati's board of advisors.]

Posted by D. Weinberger at January 31, 2005 11:05 PM

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Whoopee!
Except:
> I don't read chinese.
> I'm not sure what a tag is-- I thought I knew until I read the explanation.

-- mls

Posted by: Michael Silves | February 1, 2005 01:18 AM

A tag is a word attached to an object by someone so that she and others can find it and other objects tagged with the same word.

I don't read Chinese either, but I'm fluent in pictures :)

Posted by: David Weinberger | February 1, 2005 07:47 AM

GOSH IS THIS A SITE THAT CREATES TAGS... CAN U PLZZZZ MAKE ME A TAG SAYING- O.B.G - PRETTY PLZZZ... OR - ORIGINAL BABY GANGTSA - AND LIKE SEND IT TO MY EMAIL... THANX THANX... AND COLOR BLACK ON IT... THANX THANX... OH YEAH AND TAGS R MAD...

Posted by: vanity | August 13, 2005 02:44 AM

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