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Pinterest, Tumblr and the Trouble With ‘Curation’ Team. Pearltrees Talks about the Why Behind Pearls & Pearl-trees. [LeWeb'11] "Pearltrees est à l'origine de la curation !" Patrice Lamothe, CEO. LeWeb'11, c'est the place to be pour tout ceux qui s'intéressent de près ou de loin au web. Que ce soit pour networker ou simplement pour découvrir les tendances du moment, l'événement reste fidèle à sa promesse d'être le lieu où gourous du Net et jeunes pousses se croisent et participent à inventer le futur proche. Parmi les personnalités de choix présentes, j'ai eu l'occasion de rencontrer Patrice Lamothe, CEO de Pearltrees, une boîte française, mais résolument tournée vers le monde.

Interview : Démo : Comme Patrice aime à le rappeler, Pearltrees est à l'origine de l'engouement pour le buzzword "curation", puisque c'est sur la scène de LeWeb il y a deux ans que son interlocuteur à utilisé pour la première fois ce mot pour l'associer au web. Précurseur de la curation et complètement SoLoMo, Pearltrees semble avoir de beaux jours devant elle... 9 lessons about the web and business from Pearltrees, the or. Pearltrees is a French startup that wants to change the way we organise the web. Describing how it works would lead you to believe that it’s another social bookmarking site, which would do them injustice. Most of the social bookmarks are organized either alphabetically or chronologically, which doesn’t do much good when you try to retrieve stuff later. Also, due to how most social bookmarking sites were designed, they’ve become more like a curated list of the hottest headlines out there right now, and about what Mashable calls “velocity” – the question: how fast is this thing spreading?

This idea of velocity is not what Pearltrees is about – on the contrary, it’s a tool that helps you keep an eye on context and history in the endless stream of blogs, tweets and Facebook posts. It’s a mental map of noteworthy things you’ve read online, organized by subjects and sub-subjects that are endlessly divisible. 1. (Real) curation is the next step on the web 2. 3. But back to Pearltrees. 4. 5. 6. Pearltrees - Collect & Share & Organize Online content. Save bookmarks, documents, files, ebooks, photos, videos, notes and more. Organize them into meaningful collections. Discover and share millions of contents on your favorite topics. With Pearltrees, organize all your interests anywhere, anytime! Dedicated versions of Pearltrees also exist for schools and enterprises. Media says:"The most elegant and visual way of collecting and sharing online content". Pearltrees can be useful in many situations: Personal life: Tech enthusiast?

Work: On Pearltrees you can collaborate with your colleagues to manage knowledge efficiently, mutualize best practices, and share notes across your entire company. Education: Pearltrees is now one of the most used tools by teachers and students. Pearltrees for Android launch.

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