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Joshua Porter, the author of Bokardo, has a new post entitled, “The Del.icio.us Lesson.” This is the quintessential lesson of web 2.0:
Personal Value Precedes Network Value
It seems obvious, but you have to provide value for the user as though they are in a vacuum first. If you don’t do that, all the folksonomy + tagging + social discoverability you put on top of your app is lipstick on a pig. Mr. Porter is also the author of this great introduction to folksonomies. It’s Independence Day. My neighborhood sounds a battlezone, making me thank my lucky stars (and stripes) that I don’t live in one. Or rather, that I live in one where the wars are all fought with, and over, data—financial, internet, voice, etc. Next up: the guacamole recipe.