Saturday, October 4, 2008

Tag!

Okay, the delicious method of tagging is something I can get behind. This makes sense, as anyone used to searching a library catalog would know. How often do you find that the subject you're looking for is too specific or esoteric to merit a heading or a see/see also reference? Kids, I remember when the net got rolling, and it was propelled by these far-flung communities of people with common interests and a common lingo. Of course, back then these people tended to fall into two categories: academics and sexual deviants. Now we are able to more fully sound the depths of the web with the help of people who share our interests and use our jargon, whether we are children's librarians or japanese heavy metal enthusiasts. It has been said that the web is the world's largest democracy. I think it is more like the world's largest high school cafeteria.

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