(From a review: 'Why Johnny Can't Catalog' might be a more appropriate title for this strongly argued yet brief piece. Author Cory Doctorow casts doubt on the ability (or even willingness) of Joe Six-Pack content-creator to properly and honestly identify his online material. Librarians will be familiar with many of the author's complaints.) "A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be a utopia. It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris and hysterically inflated market opportunities." Metacrap: Putting the torch to seven straw-men of the meta-utopia |