The Problem With “Content”
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The Problem With “Content”
"In reality, content as a utility has been limited largely to education and it's not fun or relaxing, typically. Content for entertainment is what we all think of, right? That's Disney. But content for utility has usually been okay, I'm going to go on to Khan Academy..."
Vinny Pujji • Calm: The Sleeping Giant
quality is an experience we have, and value is the reason we are interested.
Roberto Blake • Create Something Awesome: How Creators are Profiting from Their Passion in the Creator Economy (Creator Economy Insider)
A stray thought: the correct 21st-century definition of “content” isn’t “generic media” but rather “the specific kind of media designed for platforms and algorithms”. The clue is that “content creators” exist only on (for?) platforms.
Robin Sloan • Here is your liberal art!
In the digital world we live in, knowledge most often shows up as “content”—snippets of text, screenshots, bookmarked articles, podcasts, or other kinds of media. This includes the content you gather from outside sources but also the content you create as you compose emails, draw up project plans, brainstorm ideas, and journal your own thoughts.
Tiago Forte • Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
For Kate Eichhorn, a media historian and a professor at the New School, content is digital material that “may circulate solely for the purpose of circulating”