I’m a Curatr ratr
I’m into my second week of a course on the Curatr platform. The course is, by coincidence, about how to become a good online curator of content and a course on the Curatr platform works by, well, curating content! Enough circularities. The course itself is about curation, in this context the act of searching the web for material on a particular subject and re-presenting it as a series of links to the original sites. As the name suggests the course doesn’t include any new or specially written content other than (and this is important) some discussion questions and an element of gamification. Despite having no interest in games, I found this element of the gamification quite appealing as it helps to chunk and consolidate the very diverse messages of the very diverse items. I found some elements of the platform a bit clunky, like not being able to resize the content and discussion windows and too many email notifications (I could probably turn them off).
Sources Claim Microsoft Will Name its New CEO Next Week - BestTechie
Share This Post The long search for a new CEO—begun when current Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer announced his impending retirement back in August—may soon be coming to an end. A post on Re/code today cites “numerous sources close to Microsoft” as confirming that the company may have its selection for a new CEO picked out, and ready to announce within the next week. According to the post, Satya Nadella, Microsoft executive vice president in charge of Microsoft’s Cloud and Enterprise division, is the front-runner for the gig. Bringing an insider up to the top spot could work out in Microsoft’s favor in many ways, since Nadella undoubtedly has a solid understanding of the company’s history, strengths, and weaknesses. That said, it’s no secret that bringing people in from the outside to reassess the company’s direction would go a long way toward pleasing shareholders. In short, Microsoft could use some direction.
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Content curation
Content curation is the process of collecting, organizing and displaying information relevant to a particular topic or area of interest. Services or people that implement content curation are called curators. Curation services can be used by businesses as well as end users. Concept[edit] Content curation is not a new phenomenon. Museums and galleries have curators to select items for collection and display. Methods[edit] Content curation can be carried out either manually or automatically. Collaborative filteringSemantic analysisSocial rating Collaborative Filtering[edit] Collaborative filtering is a method of forecasting often used in recommendation systems. Collaborative filtering can either be based on votes and views of a given social community, as it's done on Reddit and Digg, or the end user's own prior activity, as it's done on YouTube and Amazon. Semantic Analysis[edit] Social Rating[edit] This method employs user ratings and recommendations to select content. See also[edit]
Trend: content curation | Pim on social business
Een trend die ik nu zie zijn de sites die zogenaamd content curation verzorgen: een manier om interessante internet artikelen te bundelen en aan te bieden aan de lezer met je eigen mening. Een mooie visualisatie kun je hier zien: Evolutie social bookmarking Zoals ik content curation zie is dit een evolutie van social bookmarking. Social bookmarking is bookmarks centraal opslaan en inzichtelijk voor anderen. Daarnaast biedt de software van content curation een mooie pagina waar deze links mooi getoond worden als kleine artikelen. Tools Over tools waarmee je dit kunt doen kun je hier lezen, wellicht komt paper.li je bekend voor. Benieuwd naar hoe het eruit ziet? Like this: Like Loading...
Duplicate Detective review: Make short work of finding duplicate files
As much as we love feature-packed applications that perform countless tasks, there’s nothing wrong with an inexpensive utility that does the one thing we need without much fuss and bother. Such is Fiplab’s $5 (currently on sale for $3) Duplicate Detective (Mac App Store link). As its name implies, it exists to locate duplicate files on your Mac and then, if you wish, fling them into the Trash. Duplicate Detective does its work in a simple way. Just launch the application, and then drag a folder or volume into the utility’s window. Duplicate Detective scans that folder or volume, and then lets you know how many duplicates it finds. If you have a lot of files—say, hundreds of thousands, as could easily be the case with a large hard drive—this can take a very long time. Click Next, and you’ll see a list of duplicate groups on the left side of the window. With your choices made, click Next. Bare bones though it is, Duplicate Detective offers a couple of customization options.
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About the DCC
Many research teams are aware of data curation and its numerous benefits, but few have so far managed to address the issues practically and effectively in a working environment. The Digital Curation Centre is committed to bridging this gap by sharing our knowledge and experience with the higher education sector. To do this, the DCC has embarked upon a fresh, new, three-year programme of work, which began in March 2010. Our help isn’t just limited to expert advice. We are a gateway to the technical solutions, curation tools and learning resources that can help data custodians like you to build capacity for digital curation. The value of digital curation Such is the potential for digital curation to add value at every stage of the research lifecycle, the practice is fast becoming a requirement of successful funding bids. DCC Charter Find out more about our vision and our values, read the DCC Charter and Statement of Principles.
