Dina Mehta, who I Skype IMed with a month or so ago (she is an Anthro-geek like me...yes my B.A. is in Anthropology), is wondering about tagging--Conversations with Dina:Tagging questions.  Now if there is anyone who will be able to say good things about tagging, it's an Anthropologist.  Tagging seems to have fallen by the wayside of late.  It isn't being talked about much.  Sure folks are using them, but are they using them?
 
Personally, I haven't found a use for tags yet.  I don't really use del.icio.us or Furl much.  The idea of folksonomies just doesn't have a solid technology base yet.  A tool that can really be built and grouped around.  I think Flickr tags are closest, but not quite.  Sure I tag my posts using my Blogware categories, but I don't seek out related tags and don't visit the Technorati tags area as much as I did when they started.
 
So...what's next?  What is in store for tags?  If my guess is right, lots.
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