Comments on: A few Typographies of Bloggers

By: Frederick Wamsley

Frederick Wamsley — Thu, 12 May 2005 14:02:26 +0000

PLUG ALERT -- PLUG ALERT I'm also trying to run a "bridge blog" for security issues, explaining trends and risk assessments in language that a small businessperson has a chance to understand. Keeping it reasonably accurate while trimming technical detail is surprisingly difficult. Recently I've tried to cover risk assessment and reading security news skeptically. I welcome constructively critical feedback on how well I've succeeded.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 11 May 2005 14:56:39 +0000

When I was studying taxonomies, I came across a number of ontological works that said that a taxonomy had to have hierarchy, and that without you had a typography. Now that time has passed, and I’m more interested in keyword driven systems, and you challenge me on it, I can’t find any of those references.
I thought it was a neat distinction to make, and so I picked it up. And now I can’t find references for you.

By: petrilli

petrilli — Wed, 11 May 2005 14:34:00 +0000

Um, last I checked typography was the art of type (i.e. print/letters/etc), and has nothing to do with taxonomy. While there is a taxonomy of typography (i.e. styles of type), this seems an absurdly overloaded way to use the word.
Is there some reason taxonomy isn’t the right word to use here, and we need to overload one that has roots back to the 17th century, latin and French?

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 11 May 2005 09:36:40 +0000

mmmm, chaos.
What would you look for under the Dewey Decimal system? the Library of Congress classification system?
All of these systems have costs of classification and use. Tags trade a very, very low cost of classification for a somewhat higher cost of use.

By: dbs

dbs — Wed, 11 May 2005 09:33:52 +0000

I’m still not keen on how the whole technorati tag system works. It seems like a good idea (grouping by subject), but the chaotic aspect of it leaves me wary of it. IE, “I’d like to read about dining in boston” – so what do i look for? diningboston? bostondining? dindinatthehub?