Robin Good
@robingood
The *curation guy* - indie author, speaker, advisor - focus on empowering subject-matter experts, artists, creators.
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Taste takes shape in your creative choices and the environment you build around you. Books, movies, style, projects, decor, music.
sydney rheeder 𖣠 • the power of knowing what you like
The next frontier isn’t in how well you use software—it’s in how well you become it, encoding your best insights and shaping them into connection, curation, and growth.
When Expertise Goes Viral: Why Your Knowledge is the Killer App.
References
Ahn, A. (2013). “You are not a curator”. Bullett. Consulted February 4, 2013. http://bullettmedia.com/article/you-are-not-a-curator/
Arnold, K. (2006). Cabinets for the curious: Looking back at early English museums . Hants & Burlington, Ashgate Publishing.
Belk, R. (2013). Collecting in a consumer society . Abingdon, Oxfordshire, & New... See more
Ahn, A. (2013). “You are not a curator”. Bullett. Consulted February 4, 2013. http://bullettmedia.com/article/you-are-not-a-curator/
Arnold, K. (2006). Cabinets for the curious: Looking back at early English museums . Hants & Burlington, Ashgate Publishing.
Belk, R. (2013). Collecting in a consumer society . Abingdon, Oxfordshire, & New... See more
Curating the Digital World: Past Preconceptions, Present Problems, Possible Futures | MW2013: Museums and the Web 2013
Relevant Curation Articles - 2008-2013
We used to associate intelligence with accumulation. Who knew the most. Who could recall the fastest. Who sounded the smartest in a room.
But in a world where AI knows more than anyone—and everyone is shouting into the void—intelligence has quietly changed shape. It’s no longer about how much you know. It’s about how well you filter .
But in a world where AI knows more than anyone—and everyone is shouting into the void—intelligence has quietly changed shape. It’s no longer about how much you know. It’s about how well you filter .
How I Use AI to Sharpen My Taste and Pursue the Real Me
The problem - and the reason the Vibe Coding Paradox comes up - is because we live in an age where it is possible to hack our way to attention without having to do the hard work needed to build trust.
With that, we misunderstand attention as value. But without trust, it really isn’t.
In an age of mass production, curation and taste matter more.
AI... See more
With that, we misunderstand attention as value. But without trust, it really isn’t.
In an age of mass production, curation and taste matter more.
AI... See more
The vibe coding paradox
“Cultivating infinite devotion is the prerequisite for becoming great in any field.
The external rewards typically take so long to appear that the people who ultimately persist to success are the ones who cultivate their internal motivation to the point where the external rewards are just the cherry on top, not the core goal.
From the outside,
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
“What shocks me the most when i travel to the West is that even the new generations dread the future and display many of the symptoms associated with anxiety, including the inability to make plans and see them through.
As they can't identify the root cause of their distress, they indulge in fantasies about themselves and the world around them.
Thus
The Future and Reality
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.