under review

May 8, 2005 by

Took time today to read the technorati documentation and begin tagging my changelog entries. I’ve finished all of May, which sounds impressive unless you realize that it’s only the 7th. Still, I think I have a system set up, and I like the idea that even if people don’t use the technorati links, the keywords will help with generic search engines.

I decided it was also time to figure out how to handle book reviews. I want to post details on the books I read, both those that have a technology connection and those that don’t. I like the idea of building a library of reviews that I can return to when I need to remember something about a book. I did a bit of research on the available tools. There’s a drupal book review module, for instance. Ultimately, I decided that just adding another plain, old blogger account was enough—and I can get underway much more quickly than would be the case if I had to learn and configure a new tool.

So I’ve added reviews @ tengrrl.com to manage the project. I think I’ve allowed for everything that I want to list, and I’ve created a basic template that automatically pops up whenever I create a new post. I decided to try using the technorati keywords for my own purposes to get things started. In addition to the basic keywords, I want to tag the technologies that are mentioned in a particular book. The goal is not only to have the info for anyone reading the review but also to help with sorting and finding (e.g., if you want to locate the books that refer to chatrooms). Until I figure out a better way, I have created custom technorati tags, which work out generally to [technology in the book] + tengrrlreview. For instance, should get you a list of books about chatrooms that I have reviewed. There’s only one right now, so it’s not very exciting to clickthrough. I think the strategy can work for the short term. It’s not quite what technorati had in mind, I’m sure; but it’s a good compromise for now.


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