A good writer doesn't just think, and then write down what he thought, as a sort of transcript. A good writer will almost always discover new things in the process of writing. And there is, as far as I know, no substitute for this kind of discovery. Talking about your ideas with other people is a good way to develop them. But even after doing this,... See more
“Content curation... enables brands to create an environment that people continually return to as a knowledge resource on a particular topic or issue. In doing so, brands set themselves up as an authority, but more importantly, an impartial authority – by not just profiling their own content or views. This is a great way to diffuse the sense of... See more
In popular discourse, “curation” has been diluted to mean picking a few interesting links for a social feed. Real curation is far more rigorous: a four-part practice of intellectual metabolism.
Selection is the first move, determining what is worth keeping at all. This requires a judgment of signal versus noise that is only possible with deep... See more