Curation
The art of creating value by providing context and meaning to apparently disconnected information bits
Robin Good and
Curation
The more our world becomes measurable and quantifiable, the more we need spaces that preserve what can't be measured—the hunches we can't explain, the patterns we feel but can't prove.
Sari Azout • What Matters in the Age of AI Is Taste
Algorithmic mediocrity has triggered a renaissance of human discernment, with consumers seeking trusted curators, insider communities, and editorial voices that offer genuine discovery.
Thomas P. Campbell: Weaving narratives in museum galleries
ted.com
Curating = Unpacking for a General Audience
Thomas B. Campbell, Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, shares in this TED video, his journey to become a respected museum curator, and the valuable discoveries and insights realized along the way.
This passage, in particular, struck with me louder than a thousand words:
"We live in an age of ubiquitous information, and sort of "just add water" expertise, but there's nothing that compares with the presentation of significant objects in a well-told narrative... what the curator does, the interpretation of a complex, esoteric subject, in a way that retains the integrity of the subject, that makes it -- unpacks it for a general audience."
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
In today’s oversaturated world, we need curators to help us separate signal from noise. Gladwell told us... See more
Jesse Lee • Curators All the Way Down
"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
Abhishek Maran • The Traditional Two-Sided Marketplace is Dead
Software has eaten the world, and now it’s a commodity. It’s not about the technology anymore. The era of the engineer has ended; the era of the curator has begun.
Jesse Lee • Curators All the Way Down
Music
Disorganized information is just noise .
Organized info, contextualized for a specific audience / need is music .
It feels right. (By def it matches an audience's specific interests/problems.)
It has a cool sound. (Brings non-obvious insights (new melodies).)
It’s infinite. (Helps me discover and appreciate more music and artists.)
Disorganized information is just noise .
Organized info, contextualized for a specific audience / need is music .
It feels right. (By def it matches an audience's specific interests/problems.)
It has a cool sound. (Brings non-obvious insights (new melodies).)
It’s infinite. (Helps me discover and appreciate more music and artists.)
substack.com • Home | Substack
The Seven Needs of Real-Time Curators
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This is a guide for how we can build “info molecules” that have a lot more value than the atomic world we live in now. First, what are info atoms? A tweet is an atom. A photo on Flickr is an atom. A conversation item on Google Buzz is an atom. A Facebook status message is an atom. A YouTube video is an atom.
Thousands of these atoms flow across our screens in tools like Seesmic, Google Reader, Tweetdeck, Tweetie, Simply Tweet, Twitroid, etc.
A curator is an information chemist. He or she mixes atoms together in a way to build an info-molecule. Then adds value to that molecule.
“Bad news: The foremost experts in cultural analysis are reporting concepts and phrases which are statistically commonplace. [...] We’ve lost sight of what it means to be brave. It feels like our facilities for riskiness and imagination have atrophied.”
Meta Trends 2024 by Matt Klein