
Now Tell the Difference Between Folders and Labels
If you really think about it, there’s not much of a difference. They are more or less the same. Folders are a very old metaphor, as old as email and documents are. Early email systems physically kept folders in separate files, and even when they were no longer separate files, basic functions like sort, search […]

Gmail Finally Ends the Folder vs. Label War – What’s Next? Find the Answer Here.
Bear with me for this somewhat long post, ‘cause I am not only discussing the sweeping changes Gmail made today, but in the end will also tell you what they are going to do next year – or perhaps after that. Gmail Changes The Gmail label changes announced today and to be released to accounts […]

CommonTag – A Long Overdue Effort
When I started tagging in its early days, I was wondering about the silos it will end up creating due to the lack of any standardized approach to tagging. But, I also realized that tagging, however chaotic it could be, is better than not having one. The efforts on the Semantic Web front gave me […]