Thoughts on Curation

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The Future of Media: Storify and the Curatorial Instinct — Tech News and Analysis

The explosion of real-time information through social networks and information services like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube has produced a never-ending firehose of content. http://gigaom.com/2011/04/25/the-future-of-media-storify-and-the-curatorial-instinct/

The Curation Economy And The Three Cs Of Information Commerce | Fast Company

http://www.fastcompany.com/node/1749899/ This article is written by a member of our expert contributor community. Several years ago I had the privilege of working with Steve Rosenbaum, author of Curation Nation .
http://sparksheet.com/the-age-of-curation-video-qas-with-ian-katz-matt-williams-and-steve-rosenbaum-at-sxsw-2011/ SXSW is a massive gathering of the world’s content creators, the folks who craft and market the media we consume on and offline each day. But with all this content, someone has to sort the wheat from the chaff. We spoke to The Guardian’s Ian Katz, Digg’s Matt Williams and author Steve Rosenbaum about the emerging art of content curation.

The Age of Curation: Video Q&As with Ian Katz, Matt Williams and Steve Rosenbaum at SXSW 2011 | Sparksheet

Content Curation Grows Up, Original Content Still Key | Content Curation, Content Marketing, Content Strategy

Joe Pulizzi is a leading author, speaker and strategist for content marketing. Joe is founder of the Content Marketing Institute and SocialTract . http://blog.junta42.com/2011/03/content-curation-grows-up-original-content-still-key/
http://memeburn.com/2011/03/our-lives-are-digital-curation-tools/

Our lives are digital curation tools | memeburn

As our lives become increasingly digital curation tools can provide a good way to document our activities, capturing a snapshot of key events and moments.
Last Monday Scoop.it was invited by pariSoma to partake in a panel discussing: “ is curation the future of the Social Web? ” With Burt Herman from Storify and Chris McCann from StartupDigest , Guillaume Decugis our CEO, discussed the new social behavior that curation represents online.

Is Curation The Future of The Social Web?Scoop.it

http://blog.scoop.it/en/2011/07/21/is-curation-the-future-of-the-social-web/
http://blog.mytweetmag.com/index.php/blog/curation-is-there-an-alchemy/ Nearly all social behaviors have found a digital playground in social networks allready.

Curation – Is There an Alchemy? – MyTweetMag Blog

Why Content Curation Should Be at the Heart of Every Social Experience | ClickZ.asia

http://www.clickz.asia/4036/why_content_curation_should_be_at_the_heart_of_every_social_experience Web 2.0 ushered in a new world of social media and web applications that facilitate participatory information sharing and collaboration. What followed was a myriad of web-based tools, applications, and platforms, most famously Facebook and Twitter, that allowed people to easily update, share, and access news and information in real time.
http://www.scoop.it/t/content-curation-social-media/p/163789434/the-importance-of-curated-and-free-content Steven Rosenbaum has an interesting article on Fast Company, outlining the reasons why curation is here to stay and the importance that curators will play in your information consumption diet.

The Importance Of Curated And Free Content | Content Curation, Social Business and Beyond | Scoop.it

There are more and more signs that Content Curation is starting to “grow up”. The tools are maturing, ever more impressive cases are being created and interest from investors is rising. However - yet to come – are long-term, consistent and sustainable business models.

Content Curation – Growing Up and Coming of Age

Capitalizing On Curation: Why The New Curators Are Beating The Old | Fast Company

Barring the invention of a "time turner" like the one Hermione Granger sported in 3 rd Harry Potter novel, most of us will never have enough time to consume the information we might otherwise want to absorb.

Guest Post: Three Reasons Why Curation Is Not A Fad - SVW

Posted by Tom Foremski - May 27, 2011
In my last post, Future of Work , I summarized the 6 drivers outlined in the that will reshape the landscape of work from the Future Work Skills 2020 , a join project of the Institute for the Future and the University of Phoenix Research Institute .

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