http://wrecking.org/cbd/2005/09/21/metadata/ Software studies, technical communication, writing studies, web accessibility, and new media. Life with my girls. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:21:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://wrecking.org/cbd/2005/09/21/metadata/#comment-60 cbd Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:48:51 +0000 http://wrecking.org/cbd/?p=55#comment-60 Right. Which means there are at least two level of mystery here, since much of that work of evaluation isn't indicative of any sort of intrinsic value, economic or otherwise, at all. For systems like the web, this is even more important, because of the dynamic nature of the discourse, and the speed with which things can propagate. That adds up to a potential for fluctuation in value which is portrayed as consistent with the invisible hand, supply and demand, etc., but is a lot more arbitrary. So the WalMart/Google effect is under pressure, even though it's still present. Right. Which means there are at least two level of mystery here, since much of that work of evaluation isn’t indicative of any sort of intrinsic value, economic or otherwise, at all. For systems like the web, this is even more important, because of the dynamic nature of the discourse, and the speed with which things can propagate. That adds up to a potential for fluctuation in value which is portrayed as consistent with the invisible hand, supply and demand, etc., but is a lot more arbitrary. So the WalMart/Google effect is under pressure, even though it’s still present.

]]> http://wrecking.org/cbd/2005/09/21/metadata/#comment-59 jeff Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:16:27 +0000 http://wrecking.org/cbd/?p=55#comment-59 Vital point. The cliche of "market logic" - users determine - is highly false. Do users determine? To some extent; we're not helpless either. But a number of forces combine to determine how a given item pass or fails public reception, or how a given gesture or innovation succeeds or fails. Vital point. The cliche of “market logic” - users determine - is highly false. Do users determine? To some extent; we’re not helpless either. But a number of forces combine to determine how a given item pass or fails public reception, or how a given gesture or innovation succeeds or fails.

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