Okay, Let me take this moment to introduce you to a new wave in the Internet. If you haven’t picked up on it, it’s called ‘tagging.’

The basic idea is an effective labeling system for your stuff (images and bookmarks, etc). The amazing thing is collaborating this tagging system with others, known as folksonomy. Now we are just beginning to see the popularity of sites using this system, and believe me they are popping up all over.

I’m only doing a short little post on this for right now because I wanted to give others a heads-up so they can explorer this quickly up and coming Internet trend. Here are two sites that are at the head of this trend: del.icio.us and flickr. First, del.icio.us is a chance for you to not only take all of your bookmarks and share them online with friends and others. Not only can you share your bookmarks but you can see others bookmarks who have used similar tags as you, and search for tags for topics your interested in. For some of your coming Internet searches I suggest you try searching del.icio.us tags as well and see how effective it is.

Second, flickr started off as a great site to post your pictures to share with friends and family. Now, it is becoming a one stop shop for getting the pictures you want. Try a flickr tag search to see what I mean.

That’s all for now. I hesitate to show you my del.icio.us page as they are rather unorganized and incomplete, but here it is. And for those interested my flickr page for all to see.

p.s. before you start tagging here are some tips from top taggers.