May 17, 2005 – MichaelZimmer.org

Tinkering Web Content – Greasemonkey

Posted by Michael Zimmeron May 17, 2005in Internet

In this post on Google Autolink, Dan Gillmor mentions his support of "user-modifiable Web content once it's reached the user's computer." The basic argument here is that once a website's content is called by your browser and resides on your…

Dan Gillmor: Google’s Toolbar Keeps Invasive Autolink

Posted by Michael Zimmeron May 17, 2005in Privacy, Search Engines

Following up on the Google AutoLink debate, Dan Gillmor reacts to the latest version of the Google Toolbar:So Google has mostly ignored the criticism of its Autolink feature in the new Toolbar. eWeek reports some modifications from the original, but…

Ontology is Overrated: Categories, Links, and Tags

Posted by Michael Zimmeron May 17, 2005in Internet, Social Media

The growth of tagging (also referred to as social bookmarking or folksonomy) has received increased media attention recently. CNN claims tagging "could be our salvation as we attempt to sift through the growing clutter of data we're amassing on our…