Comments on: Amazon, search, and freedom of choice http://musematic.net/2009/04/16/amazon-search-and-freedom-of-choice/ Rants and raves on the latest trends in the world of museum informatics and technology. An intrepid cast of experts from the Museum Computer Network and AAM's Media & Technology Committee share their insights, observations and tricks of the trade. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:42:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Diane Zorich http://musematic.net/2009/04/16/amazon-search-and-freedom-of-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-14018 Diane Zorich Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:47:27 +0000 http://musematic.net/?p=633#comment-14018 At its heart, amazonfail seems to be a - of all things - a cataloging issue and how cataloging represents very specific and biased world views. I recommend two posts about this: Clay Shirky ( http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2009/04/the-failure-of-amazonfail/ ) and Mary Hodder's (http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/14/guest-post-why-amazon-didnt-just-have-a-glit) Quote of the day (from Clay Shirky) -- "Metadata is worldview: sorting is a political act." At its heart, amazonfail seems to be a – of all things – a cataloging issue and how cataloging represents very specific and biased world views. I recommend two posts about this: Clay Shirky ( http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2009/04/the-failure-of-amazonfail/ ) and Mary Hodder’s (http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/14/guest-post-why-amazon-didnt-just-have-a-glit)

Quote of the day (from Clay Shirky) — “Metadata is worldview: sorting is a political act.”

]]> By: jeremy http://musematic.net/2009/04/16/amazon-search-and-freedom-of-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-13993 jeremy Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:04:03 +0000 http://musematic.net/?p=633#comment-13993 I just don't know where people are getting the data for their opinions. All I've seen is secondary sources or sources that likely aren't official responses. As far as I can tell we still don't know what happened and without that, all this other commentary is nonsense isn't it? it basically just comes to people putting together a story, then attacking someone based on that story... I need a bit more I think. I just don’t know where people are getting the data for their opinions. All I’ve seen is secondary sources or sources that likely aren’t official responses. As far as I can tell we still don’t know what happened and without that, all this other commentary is nonsense isn’t it? it basically just comes to people putting together a story, then attacking someone based on that story… I need a bit more I think.

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