2005-08-15
Analog Tag Clouds
Chris Applegate came up with a smart way of writing his notes for a presentation he gave:
With all those tag clouds and folksonomic zeitgeists around, which are rewiring our cognitive patterns, this might be a highly effective technique.
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Firstly, I reduce the notes to stubby one or two-line sentences, and get rid of punctuation and capitalisation to discourage me from treating them like sentences to be read out monotonously. Then (and this is the dinky part), I size the words and phrases according to how important they are;
intellectual property ownership has been defined, both morally and legally, as an exclusive right attached to a single entity
the promise of being able to secure a temporary monopoly serves as incentive to create
free/open source is the opposite; the rights provide inclusivity by allowing others to use and rework your work
the promise of being able to secure a temporary monopoly serves as incentive to create
free/open source is the opposite; the rights provide inclusivity by allowing others to use and rework your work
With all those tag clouds and folksonomic zeitgeists around, which are rewiring our cognitive patterns, this might be a highly effective technique.
[creativity] [infoeconomy] [metatagging] - trackback