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  Believe it or not, I’m still  redoing the categories on my WordPress blog in the Dewey Decimal System.  I’ve had 6 years of creating a taxonomy that doesn’t quite do what I want so why not? Obviously I cover a lot of different topics on my blog. While each post can be categorized by Dewey, tags exist outside the taxonomy and help identify lateral connections that may not have been obvious as I wrote the articles. An additional problem is that most of the things I blog about didn’t exist in the 1870’s when Melvile Dewey created the system.  I’ve used a number of web sites to help me convert the troublesome computer and technology categories.  Fortunately OCLC maintains the DDC on an ongoing basis. I’ve used a number of sites to help me create the taxonomy.  I’d like to share them in case anyone else is considering standardizing their categories. http://www.oclc.org/ OCLC is a library service and research organization whose purpose ...

Almost six years after beginning this blog I have realized that a blog is more easily browsed if the categories are predefined and logical rather than added haphazardly as new posts require new categories. For that reason I’ve decided to use the Dewey Decimal System . The Library of Congress Classification Outline (LCC) is more widely used but it is clumsy and complex. There are vast numbers of books designed to help librarians shelve their holdings. I have been using Dewey.info to verify some categories. The fact that I’m considering the Dewey Decimal system should be a red flag for me. Clearly this blog doesn’t have a focus, and this may discourage visitors who want to read bipolar rants and instead find an article about Australopithecus-munching saber-toothed tigers. Oh well. I yam what I yam. When browsing Amazon.com’s classifications, I came across an interesting book called The Accidental Taxonomist which gives an excellent explanation of developing ...

I am going through some old accounts and found this one.  Just for kicks I took the latest version of the Keirsey Temperament Sorter to see whether I am still INTP, “ The Architect .” This a personality test of sorts that categorizes the client in order to help them better utiliize their strengths. Read more about the Kiersey Temperament Sorter Your Keirsey Temperament Sorter Results indicates that your personality type is that of the Rational . Rationals are the problem solving temperament, particularly if the problem has to do with the many complex systems that make up the world around us. Rationals might tackle problems in organic systems such as plants and animals, or in mechanical systems such as railroads and computers, or in social systems such as families and companies and governments. But whatever systems fire their curiosity, Rationals will analyze them to understand how they work, so they can figure out how to make them work better. In working with problems, Rat...