Keywords Replaces Spatial References
It is interesting how we are replacing spatial references with words. I have just seen an example where words replace spacial reference in Adobe Lightroom.
Moreover, the more I think about it, this movement has been going on for the last few years with the development of word clouds and tags.
When I mention word clouds it is referred to as a tag cloud “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_cloud”.
and tags “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_%28metadata%29″ are used for people to quickly group things and find them on their computers using words and phrases that have meanings to them. This in turn allows them to create lateral relationships that will allow people to remember things easier.
Word clouds can
I would love to hear others’ thoughts on this matter.
Tags: queries, thoughts, user experience
