social bookmarking
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The social bookmarking session from the Digital researcher event by Alan Cann. (15 March 2010)TRANSCRIPT
Social BookmarkingSocial Bookmarking
Alan Cann
School of Biological SciencesUniversity of Leicester
www.pecha-kucha.org
How do we manage complexity?How do we manage complexity?
Do some reading!
Everything is MiscellaneousEverything is Miscellaneous
Weinberger’s key messages:
Things change when they become digital.
Filter on the way out, not the way in.
Categorization is doomed (everything is miscellaneous).
Bottom up is the only way to cope (give up control).
The Power/Wisdom of CrowdsThe Power/Wisdom of Crowds
Clay Shirky’s examples: London Tube Bombings Wikipedia vs. Britannica Everyone is a media outlet
The Generalists - GoogleThe Generalists - Google
Not social!
The Generalists - deliciousThe Generalists - delicious
delicious - tagsdelicious - tags
delicious - networkdelicious - network
The Generalists - diigoThe Generalists - diigo
diigo - groups diigo - groups
diigo - discussiondiigo - discussion
The GeneralistsThe Generalists
All the others
Which one?
Try them out - find a network.
The Specialists:The Specialists:Bibliographic toolsBibliographic tools
EndnoteWeb - cost, features
RefWorks - cost, features
Connotea - publisher owned, spam
Zotero - Firefox only
The Specialists: Citeulike.orgThe Specialists: Citeulike.org
Citeulike - tags and searchCiteulike - tags and search
Citeulike.org - recommendationsCiteulike.org - recommendations
Citeulike - networkCiteulike - network
The Specialists: MendeleyThe Specialists: Mendeley
Desktop client:
The Specialists: MendeleyThe Specialists: Mendeley
Web:
The Specialists: Which One?The Specialists: Which One?
Not clear cut
Look for a network effect
Personal preference