Robin Good
@robingood
The *curation guy* - indie author, speaker, advisor - focus on empowering subject-matter experts, artists, creators.
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There will always be creators. But the ones who stand out in this era are also curators. People who filter their worldview so cleanly that you want to see through their eyes. People who make you feel sharper just by paying attention to what they pay attention to.
stepfanie tyler • Taste Is the New Intelligence
The critical distinction is that today's gatekeepers derive authority not from institutional power but from demonstrated discernment. Cultural capital now flows to those who can navigate overwhelming abundance with skill and intention.
Sarah Johnson • Issue 007: The Curation Renaissance
Embrace curation as a core brand function . Brands that filter and contextualise effectively create substantial value, particularly in categories suffering from choice overload. Create "digital gardens" where content is organised by human meaning rather than algorithmic relevance. Consider how your brand can function as a trusted filter rather than... See more
Sarah Johnson • Issue 007: The Curation Renaissance
We have lost our ability to navigate by the stars, to identify edible plants in the wild, or to craft tools from raw materials. Yet among all these diminished aptitudes, one stands out as uniquely disastrous in its disappearance: our capacity for deep, sustained attention. This cognitive faculty, once the cornerstone of human achievement and... See more
Deep Concentration
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."
So when we wonder where all the websites have gone, know it’s the curators we’re nostalgic for because the curators showed us the best the web had to offer once upon a time. And the curators— the tenders, aggregators, collectors, and connectors— can bring us back to something better. Because it’s still out there, we just have to find it.
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Where have all the websites gone?
Unlike vertical search aggregators, boutique search engines feel less like the Yellow Pages and more like texting your friends to ask for a recommendation. They have constrained supply, which is the foundation for their biggest moat: trust .