2008-11-12 23:14:52 by abowman in Ravings of a Lunatic (no comments) permalink
[snippet from a private conversation]
I think Bacon invented tagging.
He called it “Ye Olde Fyfteme for the Identification & Categorifation or Detailef Bothe Triviale & uf Greate Concerne Using Labelef Compofed uf Wordf Individuallie & inne fmall Groupes Expreffing Meaninge & Relationfhipf Thuf Beinge fifted tew Difplay chofen Meaninge & Relationfhips tew the Readere.”
Interestingly enough, he had a tagging system (similar to Aristotle’s classifications of all worldly things) which consisted of the following tags: