[Tagdb] Flickr clustering

[Philipp Keller]

ogjunk-tagdb at yahoo.com wrote:
> Yeah, I noticed those the other day, too.  Unfortunately, the clusters
> are static, aren't they?  Nice, nevertheless! :)  I may start showing
> some dynamic clusters in Simpy's UI, probably in the next release.
What do you mean by static?

I think they are using some caching, but they definitively do compute
the clusters.. I think that it's neat that a tag can be in different
clusters. Although sometimes there seem to be a bit too many of the
clusters for a tag..

greets
Philipp

> Otis
> 
> 
> --- Philipp Keller <phred at citrin.ch> wrote:
> 
> > I just noticed: Flickr has got tag clustering.
> > 
> > Flick tag "people" [1] is in the clusters "portrait", "friends",
> > "street" and "beach". I think this is phantastic..
> > I think they are going new ways with tags..
> > 
> > [enthusiasm on]
> > I'm just super enthusiastic about it because I think tag systems are
> > going to the next stage..
> > 
> > I think that browsing in the tags is too low level. Tag clusters are
> > a
> > level higher and it gives you much more overview..
> > 
> > Ah, the guys at flickr are just cool..
> > [enthusiasm off]
> > 
> > greets
> > Philipp
> > 
> > [1] http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/people/clusters/
> 
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