Gene Smith (2) (1969–)

A quick easy read with a very straightforward, lucid presentation. The book was probably more valuable to me for the references to various sites and tools that I was not familiar with. Since I'm not a web designer, the most detailed chapter was lost on me. But to get an overall view of the design decisions to be made and the ways people use tagging, the book was very worthwhile.

A broad and useful introduction to tagging and how to design for it. Smith covers the field from top down, starting with the general concept of user-contributed metadata on the web and how it relates to centrally produced classification systems. He covers conditions for sensible deployment of tagging, user-experience issues, interface design and even the basics of implementing tagging systems. All in all, I think the book is a great introduction to what interaction designers need to know show more about tagging when they move into designing collaborative media. show less

I loved the straight forward way in which this book both talks about and illustrates on the topic of tagging

very helpful, specialized book that help me think through design of a tagging system for my content management system.