Site specific stumbling as a plug-in, as mentioned by Techcrunch here and here would be a nice way to add and extra dimension of targeted serendipity to blogs.
However, I can't help but think there's already enough serendipity in folksonomies - particularly in tagging. That's why privacy considerations aside, I don't mind Google's new recommendations functionality as an alternative. Meme surfing is great, but sometimes I'd love just a little more structure.
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Did you see this article in the age?
Privacy is a major problem and once they finds a commerical use for the data they won't hesitate to sell it.
Posted April 24, 2007 at 11:09 a.m. ¶Hey Sunil :) I didn't see, so thanks for the link.
Don't get me wrong, we should definitely fear John Doerr's "Google who knows you"!
What I was trying to say was that whilst I benefit greatly from bottom up metadata generation, it can only take you so far.
Yes, it's better than nothing (which is largely what we'd have if not for tagging and apps that make use of collective intelligence), but it's not always as useful as a (more) structured taxonomy.
Obviously the Google solution doesn't deliver this either, but as the semantic web unfolds I wonder if it will be Google that comes closest to the mark. Thoughts?
Posted April 24, 2007 at 11:51 a.m. ¶Comments are now closed.