tag:blog.jackvinson.com,2007://1/tag:blog.jackvinson.com,2005://1.7259- 2007-12-03T11:58:11Z Comments for Types of weblogs Jack Vinson writes about knowledge management, personal effectiveness, theory of constraints and more. As of December 2007 Jack will likely start writing about product management too. Movable Type 4.01 tag:blog.jackvinson.com,2005://1.7259.763 Comment from Rup3rt on 2005-04-20 Rup3rt

Classification taxonomy, why?
Klog K-log too early too ugly
Drupalization

I think the beauty of it all is that the portfolio can become quite a personal mix of work, interest,personal and local. This is because it is a pick and mix fuelled by Blog searchengines, a daily shower of possibilities through links and the instant RSS hookup or unhook.

I can only see exceptions, so I think classification can hold a while.


The term Klog or K-log was too ugly to catch on and usually referred to link dumps rather than knowledge repositories.

Only since the
Comments, RSS, TrackBack and BlogRolls has something more elegantly interconnected and participatory been possible. Blog plugins, modules and drupalization are stretching the canvas even further.


Visualizing the interconnectedness will show up classification clusters like your blog network as impressionist paintings idea.


Rup3rt

]]> 2005-04-21T02:33:51Z 2005-04-21T02:33:51Z tag:blog.jackvinson.com,2005://1.7259.764 Comment from Amy Gahran on 2005-04-20 Amy Gahran http://blog.contentious.com Hi, Jack. Interesting article.

A couple of things to consider:

1) As far as I can tell, weblog "types" seem to represent points along a spectrum, with infinite variability between, as well as hybrid possibilities. The classification comes down to a matter of emphasis over time, rather than absolute inclusion/exclusion of content, IMHO.

2) Weblog "type" can shift or evolve over time.

3) Another way to classify weblogs is according to the mix of basic posting formats. (I've identified seven.) This analysis examines form rather than substance, but it still might be useful for some purposes,

- Amy Gahran
Editor, CONTENTIOUS

]]> 2005-04-21T04:08:56Z 2005-04-21T04:08:56Z tag:blog.jackvinson.com,2005://1.7259.765 Comment from jackvinson on 2005-04-20 jackvinson http://blog.jackvinson.com/ Thanks, Rup3rt. We had a very good discussion of blogs and blogging, though I don't know that there were any converts.

I had forgotten the aspect of history that you suggest: the addition of RSS, trackbacks, comments and other blog technology that has killed off the original idea of k-logs as "knowledge repositories." Blogs are now much more of a way to connect people and spread ideas (and information).

]]> 2005-04-21T04:21:26Z 2005-04-21T04:21:26Z tag:blog.jackvinson.com,2005://1.7259.772 Comment from Bill Ives on 2005-04-22 Bill Ives http://billives.typepad.com/portals_and_km/ Jack - First, I liked the fact that the comment field was prefilled with my inforamtion. It made me want to comment, as half the work was done. How did you do this? Secondly, as Amy pointed out there are types and topics. What is exciting is that both are expanding and I am sure will continue to expand. I think the basic principles of a knowledge repository that is transparent to those you want, even the whole web offers many variations. I agree that blogs are a way to connect people and spread ideas but they stil serve as a knowledge repository for many, or at least some.

]]> 2005-04-22T20:38:54Z 2005-04-22T20:38:54Z tag:blog.jackvinson.com,2005://1.7259.897 Comment from Rup3rt on 2005-05-02 Rup3rt Just watched this presentation by Susan Herring on genres of blogs which I liked a lot. It looked like the typology of weblogs you showed here could easily be subgenres. With these two layers then it'd be on the way to some kind of a taxonomy of blogs. This in turn, opens up another can of worms.


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