Robin Good
@robingood
The *curation guy* - indie author, speaker, advisor - focus on empowering subject-matter experts, artists, creators.
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Depth comes from exposure, not shopping.
Search "taste" on Substack
In the age of content over-abundance, information by itself - a link, a pointer, a recommendation to check out something - is merely fuel in a tank. Ignitable but useless if not inside an engine.
Same for information. Without strong context it is basically worthless. Unusable by human beings.
Curating knowledge infrastructures is the way through... See more
Same for information. Without strong context it is basically worthless. Unusable by human beings.
Curating knowledge infrastructures is the way through... See more
WriteStack | Schedule & Automate Substack Notes
Taste is discernment expressed: informed judgment plus the courage to show it. It only exists once you make a choice. ‘Discernment’ as in having a judgment based on a strong set of references, understanding the differences between things, and being able to articulate why you like or dislike something. ‘Expressed’ as in you have to make choices;You... See more
Sari Azout • Every Job Will Become an Art or Die
I connect with a piece of media when I am able to fit it into the ever-growing jigsaw that constructs my reality. It connects with me once it fits into the other pieces of the puzzle that have held significance in my life, all filtered through personal experience and perception.
To illustrate this, I curated a playlist on CIFRA where we go on a... See more
To illustrate this, I curated a playlist on CIFRA where we go on a... See more
Mapu • Finding Meaning Online Instead of Doomscrolling
one thing I saw growing up in South London in the 1980s as supermarkets deployed was that small food shops tended to disappear, and then re-appear in new incarnations, providing service, curation and selection that supermarkets themselves couldn't match, for people willing to search them out and of course pay the premium, and where there was the... See more
ben-evans.com • Lists Are the New Search — Benedict Evans
Curation and Future of Search and Context
Revisited: one thing I saw growing up with the Internet as Google grew, was that small lists and directories tended to disappear, and then re-appear in new incarnations, providing service, curation and selection that Google itself couldn't match, for people willing to search them out and of course pay the premium, and where there was enough interest to support this. They didn't scale - they didn't turn into chains of 30 indie directories networks - but they often prospered.
“When you learn what you can live without, you are able to ask life for the very best because you possess the gift of discernment. You are able to create an authentic life because you are able to make conscious choices.”
— Sarah Ban Breathnach
I suppose you could call that gift “ taste .”
But what I love about this quote is that it’s not the... See more
sydney rheeder 𖣠 • the power of knowing what you like
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
Intelligence today means staying open. It means unlearning old frameworks, following genuine curiosity, and letting go of the need to appear sophisticated. It means practicing sense-making in public, without fear of being mid-thought.
Uncredentialed Futures
what really moves the needle: how you encode, capture, and curate expertise — the contexts, mental models, and frameworks that allow your human creativity soar alongside the machine.