why curation is important

When I’m traveling, I like to bring back one thing where I say, This could only exist here . As unattainable as it may seem, I want to have things in my life where I say, ‘I can’t link to this. I came upon it by chance, it’s imperfect, it has a soul, and probably no one else has it.’”

Blackbird Spyplane: The unlinked thing with a soul. It can feel

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There is a new profession of trail blazers, those who find delight in the task of establishing useful trails through the enormous mass of the common record.

Contrarian idea: after 30 years, I suspect Yahoo's category model might be a better fit for some areas of information on the web than Google's. In fact, several.

While social platforms are proving effective at pressure testing and gauging the customer response for new ideas, sometimes the general public isn’t the best curator for what’s next. It’s not just about the critical mass (how many people like something), it’s also about the credible mass ( who likes something). As algorithms mature, I suspect socia... See more