Wun­derkam­mer, or Cab­i­nets of Curiosities/Wonder, could be classed as col­lec­tions of objects that fas­ci­nate or inter­est the col­lec­tor. I sup­pose you could say that Jay Walker’s per­sonal library is a type of wun­derkam­mer, and quite an impres­sive one at that.

Heather McDou­gal sug­gests that blogs are a type of wun­derkam­mer, and I’m inclined to agree. I def­i­nitely view Lone Gun­man as a “per­sonal taxonomy”.

Blog­ging, more than any cul­tural tech­nol­ogy, allows for an approach to won­der in an inti­mate and often appar­ently whim­si­cal envi­ron­ment: blog­gers present a col­lec­tion of images, ideas, and objects in a style and order spe­cific to his or her own vision: a per­sonal tax­on­omy. The soft­ware encour­ages the col­lec­tion to be accessed accord­ing to flex­i­ble para­me­ters, allow­ing move­ment through dif­fer­ent kinds of “rooms”, depend­ing on the viewer’s interests.