I hope the TV-out feature in the iPhone is expanded upon. It would be fantastic for presentations and could lead to some interesting applications. Imagine using the iPhone as a game controller with it plugged into your big TV.
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So instead of just complaining about Faviki I decided to give it a go. On the very first page I tried to bookmark and tag I ran into a problem. How do I tag it with just “movie” and not “Movie (disambiguation)” I can’t figure out how to enter the tag I want. It seems the tags have to come from Wikipedia. This is what I am saying about tagging bookmarks. It is a personal thing. Frustrating.
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Budget digital camera buying guide from DPReview. Sony and Panasonic come out tops.
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Just spotted that Ginsters of Cornwall are using a photo of mine which has a Creative Commons license that prohibits them from using it. Not very nice chaps! I want free pies for life now.
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I’ve always wondered who blanks out the naughty bits in videos. This BPA video on MUZU is a great parody of those blanks. Watch till the bloke spins his blank.
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Dropbox is proving itself useful transferring files between my old and new laptops. Quicker and easier than USB drives or hassling with network shares.
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Helvetireader is an excellent userscript theme for Google Reader. Reduces clutter and is aesthetically pleasing.
Rod 9:47 pm on November 30, 2008 Permalink |
Usually what I do in cases like this is use the Faviki’s “Google” button, located on the right-hand side of the text box. When I tried your example (“Movie”), it immediately returned the right Wikipedia resource: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film. If I can’t guess the right title on Wikipedia, Google usually finds it for me 90% of the time.
Semantic tagging is definitely not as user-friendly as the good old text tagging and it takes some time getting used to but I believe it’s much more effective in the long run. With regular tags I used to get lost in my own bookmarks, once they’ve piled up, not to mention the problems finding other people’s bookmarks. Tagging might be a personal thing but I wouldn’t say the same for social bookmarking. If I want to always be able to find my way around my bookmarks, as well as my friends’ and other people’s, sharing one big taxonomy such as Wikipedia definitely pays up even if the tagging process is just a bit more complicated.
Anyway, semantic tagging has just begun and services such as Faviki are still young. I’m sure there are going to be major improvements over time.