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The Domain You Searched For Is Still Available: On Sale Now! By Edward C. Zimmermann at 2009-11-17 19:08 Domains | Network Solutions | SPAM | read more | add new comment
Google is broken and all the King's horses and all the King's men...Google search (and not just Google's) have more and more become less about quest (finding something one does not know) or inquiry but trend watching. The Web is more and more invisible and replaced by metrics of popularism and politics of a volksempfanger. Searching for the phrase (pulled from a current news article) The social tagging game: tail wagging dog.A critique of social tagging and Web 2.0 semiologyThese days there is hardly a "Web 2.0" application that does not feature "tags" and does not display (somewhere) a variation of "tag cloud" visualizations. "It is a saying among Divines, that Hell is full of good Intentions, and Meanings. Social tagging sets out to recast the whole "problem" of information discovery, search and retrieval into visibility driven not by relevance (whatever that may mean) but social network. Social tagging is not just a special form of meta-information but a strategic game. On the one hand it claims to allow a complete and fully conscious unstructured "cooperative" means to attach well intentioned extra-corporal meaning and their implicit social interconnections to information (including also non-textual multimedia objects) but its also in many ways a voting system. Those that tag by using common words set out to influence its visibility and potential influence. This is not a product of some systematic disruptive behavior— and I'll exclude for now a consideration of spamming or other exploits (which are not necessarily part of the system)— or aboration but precisely the function of tags: associating the commonality of the use of tags with a relevance of those objects so tagged. The rest are disassociated and effectively excluded. This focuses the attention of an anonymous and dispersed public to see less of the whole and be driven to a few more concentrated contributions chosen by "public opinion". What remains and discovered via the sphere of tags is de-contextualized and re-purposed. Latest Storieshttp://leo.bsn.com:11400/?q=pubdate%3e%3d2010-03-09T02:59:54%20pubdate%3c%3 ... 1. Spotify to launch iPhone serviceThe Irish Times - Technology Spotify, the much-hyped European digital music service, has secured a deal to launch a mobile offering on Apple's iPhone, iPod Touch and phones using the Android platform, it said today. 2010-03-09 08:43 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0907/brea... | add new comment
2. Kidney to choose from full squadThe Irish Times - Front Page NEWS ROUND-UP: IRELAND TEAM manager Paul McNaughton confirmed that coach Declan Kidney will have a full complement of players from which to choose the team to face Wales in the Six Nations Championship match at Croke Park on Saturday. 2010-03-09 08:43 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2010/0309/1224265... | add new comment
3. Liverpool's hopes again turned on their headThe Irish Times - Front Page ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE: Wigan Athletic 1 Liverpool 0 2010-03-09 08:43 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2010/0309/1224265... | add new comment
4. Merkel accepts urgent need to change way euro zone worksThe Irish Times - Front Page ANALYSIS: In a meeting with foreign journalists, the German leader cast aside lingering doubts about tinkering with the legacy of her political mentor, Helmut Kohl, and conceded that there is an urgent need to reform the euro zone, writes DEREK SCALLY in Berlin 2010-03-09 08:43 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2010/0309/12242... | add new comment
5. IN&M sells 23.5m shares in JagranThe Irish Times - Front Page INDEPENDENT NEWS &Media ; (INM) has cashed in more shares in Indian publisher Jagran Prakashan Ltd as it continues to reduce its bank debt. 2010-03-09 08:43 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2010/0309/12242... | add new comment
6. Anglo and Drumm at odds over loan dealThe Irish Times - Front Page A FACILITY letter under which a 7.65 million loan was given to former Anglo Irish Bank CEO David Drumm in 2008 to buy bank shares had described the loan as a non-recourse loan, meaning the bank could only redeem the loan against the shares purchased, the Commercial Court was told yesterday. 2010-03-09 08:43 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2010/0309/12242... | add new comment
7. EU seeking power to set guidelines for public sector payThe Irish Times - Front Page EUROPEAN MONETARY FUND: THE EU authorities are seeking power to set detailed guidelines for public sector pay in member states as they advance plans to create a European Monetary Fund (EMF) to prop up governments at risk of sovereign default. 2010-03-09 08:43 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2010/0309/12242... | add new comment
8. 'Facebook killer' given life sentenceThe Irish Times - Front Page MIDDLESBROUGH Convicted sex offender Peter Chapman was jailed for life yesterday after admitting the kidnap, rape and murder of a teenager he ensnared on a social networking site. 2010-03-09 08:43 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2010/0309/1224265... | add new comment
9. Maliki takes early lead in Iraq electionThe Irish Times - Front Page THE LEAD in the Iraqi parliamentary race yesterday was taken by the coalition led by prime minister Nuri al-Maliki, a moderate Shia fundamentalist. 2010-03-09 08:43 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2010/0309/1224265... | add new comment
10. Hundreds killed in Nigerian ethnic strifeThe Irish Times - Front Page PREGNANT WOMEN and children were among the hundreds killed in central Nigeria on Sunday morning in the latest round of ethnic and religious clashes to hit the region. 2010-03-09 08:43 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2010/0309/1224265... | add new comment
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