Robin Good
@robingood
The *curation guy* - indie author, speaker, advisor - focus on empowering subject-matter experts, artists, creators.
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I get it. You pour your soul onto the page, and it’s crushing when no one seems to care. That’s human. But if you’re not careful, the need for validation starts steering the work.
You bend your tone. You chase trends. You lose the very thing that made you worth reading in the first place.
And the things is the more you write to grow , the less your... See more
You bend your tone. You chase trends. You lose the very thing that made you worth reading in the first place.
And the things is the more you write to grow , the less your... See more
Benjamin Antoine • The Golden era of Substack is over. Now what?
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
One of my (many) contrarian beliefs is that we do not have strong enough preferences. We often blame social media or the speed of information as the reason why we’re easily distracted, but the real reason behind our inability to focus has less to do with the sheer quantity of media and more to do with our laziness when it comes to distinguishing... See more
Saying NO, means having identified your values and nurturing them on a constant basis
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
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?
Curation has historically emerged at moments when institutions failed to provide coherence. Salons rose when the Church and monarchy lost epistemic control; DJs rose when record labels could no longer define taste; curators rise today because algorithms are riddled with decision fatigue, influencers are intrinsic to their own needs, and the... See more
the influencer won't last 2026. here's why.
helping readers discover work they’ll actually subscribe to.
I Just Learned How Substack’s Notes Algorithm Really Works (And Now Everything Makes Sense)
Read that again.
The Substack Notes algorithm is optimized for one thing: helping readers discover work they’ll actually subscribe to.
Not time spent. Not endless scrolling. Not ad clicks.
Subscriptions. Paid conversions. Real connections between readers and writers.
Content Curation Toolkit 2.0
Based on existing SuperGuide but with the use of affiliate links for tools
Collecting and organizing all tools needed / connected / related to the job of curating content. Organizing them into separate groups defined by the need / activity / problem. Joining affiliate programs of tools / apps that offer such opportunity.
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