Curation

If search giants aren't interested in, well, search, I suppose it's time to look elsewhere for answers online. Share sources you trust, curate sources of information on what's important to you and dive back into specific URLs over general queries.

The ingredients of ‘good’ curation

I think great curation comes down to five key elements that span the processes of searching, selection and contextualizing:

1. Preservation: Caring for, reviving or resurfacing things that might otherwise be lost or forgotten in archives or streams.


2. Connection: Inspiring moments of surprise –, “I didn’t think of

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as the amount of slop increases — whether human or AI generated — the difficulty in finding the right stuff to read is only increasing

less noise, more depth. Less content, more context.

Because in a world where everything is available, the real value is knowing what actually matters.

"The most credible form of advertising comes straight from the people we know and trust. Eighty-three percent of online respondents in 60 countries say they trust the recommendations of friends and family". - Nielsen 2015

Today, buying products online has never been easier. Convenience is at an all-time high, and consumers have more options than ever before. It seems, once again, that there is nowhere else we need to go. And yet, this is precisely the problem.

In today’s oversaturated world, we need curators to help us separate signal from noise. Gladwell told us... See more

Writing on methods for gathering ideas, Seneca, the great stoic, suggests that authors should imitate the bees. Like a bee flying among the flowers, we ought to vary our reading and extract useful material from various sources.