Yummy Tag Timeline

Folksonomy timeline exploratory visualization

Yummy

Overview

Yummy is a dynamic, interactive visualization for exploring the Del.icio.us bookmarks and folksonomy. Users can enter their credentials and drag the timeline to see their bookmarks change, revealing trends over time. Created by Brent Fitzgerald.

Technologies

Yummy is a simple, one-page application, with a Rails backend to retrieve the user's full bookmark history.

  • Javascript/AJAX/JSON
  • XHTML/CSS
  • Ruby on Rails
  • Del.icio.us REST API (XML)
  • FastCGI