At this time of year, it is appropriate to both reflect back on 2005 and look forward to 2006. One great thing about technology is that it is constantly changing. If you are one of those that is looking forward to a time when it will all stabilize, well dream on. Search Engines have become a fixture on the Internet, but the space will be experiencing pressure. Pressure is a good thing because it drives innovation. I thought I would look at one creative application in the web world that is very intriguing called Tagging.
Everyone is reasonably familiar with bookmarks (I hope!). You simply organize places on the web you want to remember in a folder-like structure and they are there when you need them again. If you have a lot of folders, the trick is to remember where you stored the bookmark. Tagging is a way to not only store your bookmarks, but to annotate them with descriptors and share the results with others.
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