Folksonomy is a blog that aims to empower Internet entrepreneurs by providing interviews and articles regarding notable companies, services, weblogs, and individuals. It was founded by Michael Zhang and launched in September 2006.
The name
folksonomy was chosen due to the concept of tagging and folksonomies being one of the cornerstones in Web 2.0 services. A brief description of
folksonomy, provided by
Wikipedia, is
A folksonomy is an Internet-based information retrieval methodology consisting of collaboratively generated, open-ended labels that categorize content such as Web pages, online photographs, and Web links. A folksonomy is most notably contrasted from a taxonomy in that the authors of the labeling system are often the main users (and sometimes originators) of the content to which the labels are applied. The labels are commonly known as tags and the labeling process is called tagging.
As of March 08, 2008, Folksonomy contains 232 articles and 267 comments.
Sian Liu is the founder of
Securitect, a consulting company that specializes in security and Cisco networks. He is currently pursuing a Computer Science degree at
San Jose State University.
His interests include entrepreneurship, Cisco networking, meeting people in the tech industry, and building both human and non-human networks.
Sian can be reached at
sian@folksonomy.org.
Michael Zhang is the founder of
Photoblog, a social networking and photo sharing service for photography enthusiasts. He is currently studying Computer Science at the
University of California, Berkeley.
His interests include Web 2.0 entrepreneurship, software development, business development, and viral marketing.
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