Walking back from lunch today, I was composing a blog post in my head about folksonomy. Richard had asked me about my use of the phrase “OMGWTFBBQ” in response to his April 1st post (the BBQ part of that being a silly or ironic addendum to the commonly used internet-phrase “omgwtf.” The Urban Dictionary has [...]
Huh. First OCLC and RLG merged, now they’re both part of Google. No response yet from our friends at hangingtogether.org regarding this new development. Let’s just hope that Google doesn’t flush the opportunity to work with museums and other cultural heritage organizations down the toilet.