Updates, tweaks and enhancements on the Beta Site…

TAGriculture:

Are tags the glue that hold our site together; or are they the pathways that connect everything? Hmmmmm. Not sure. What I am sure of is that we have just added our TAGriculture page… and I just got so excited writing that last sentence that I knocked my water bottle over onto my keyboard. Hopefully I’ll survive the rest of this post without electrocuting myself. If not, well, I’ll miss everyone. You’ve been swell.

Back to TAGriculture…

Tag-ri-cul-ture = The science, art, or practice of cultivating tags, engaging in conversations and spirited debate about TagMeNots, and creating a rich and prosperous shared green language.

You can use tags to organize any finds, notes, people, eco matters, in a way that is important to you. You can also use TagMeNots and the Tag Detail pages to expand and share your knowledge.

Want to know more about tagging on OsoEco? If you’re a beta tester, log in, and check out the Help page.

What are TagMeNots?

I first talked about TagMeNots early this week where I butchered the explanation. Here’s a quick lowdown on what they are: TagMeNots give you an important tool for sustainability – the ability to see what’s not there. TagMeNots help us tell the difference between “not” and “don’t know”. Intrigued? Want to know more? Beta tester’s, feel free to log in, and check out the Help page.

This area of the site is very much in beta right now. Over the next several weeks, we will be growing and changing it. Some things on the horizon: The Tag Detail page will soon let you look at any tag and, like a wiki, contribute to it. We see tags as being the place where the community will hold conversations and share knowledge about what certain things mean. This is all part of building a shared green language!

How To Videos:

We had a number of University of Oregon students in the office a few weeks ago testing out our site and giving us feedback. Suddenly, I was hearing my voice throughout the room as people started watching some of the How To Videos. It’s humbling when you think you’re really funny, but then you hear yourself thinking you’re really funny and you realize you’re really not. It was a sad day for me.

But now, in the comfort of your own home, you can watch updated how to videos on tagging finds, people, eco matters, and see how tags work on your personal page. Sorry that I say “uh” so much. I’m working on this, I swear.

Well, though my computer is a bit soggy, I made it through this post. See you on the site!