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Dispatches From Blogistan
by suzanne stefanac
peachpit/new riders
voices that matter series
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from the book
> table of contents
 
> chapter 2 history of open discourse
 
> chapter 6 history of journalism
 
> 10 blog design tips
 
> what is this long tail?
 
> trackback demystified
 
> blog ethics primer
 
> glossary
 
> resource hotlinks

interviews

> cory doctorow

> farai chideya

> bruce sterling

> denise caruso

> craig newmark

> jamais cascio

> laura lemay

> christian crumlish

> jon lebkowsky

folksonomy

05.8.06 @ 04:01:27 pacific

Portmanteau for folk and taxonomy. n. Describes a dynamic system of user-generated, categorical tags consisting of freely chosen keywords. [Coined in 2004 by Thomas Vander Wal.]

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