The Curators Code
A important movement of folks looking to standardize attribution and connect the web in a more semantic and human way. Also one of the best-looking sites I've seen in a while!
Curation
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17 ways to become a better curatorAn "all killer and no filler" post on how to do what you're doing better. I see posts like this all the time but this one had some great content. I'm a big fan of alerts and RSS, I love Buffer, and I try very hard to avoid the obvious. -
Content curation: usually a bad idea?I liked Frank's honesty on here. Content curation is such a buzzword these days, it's getting used to mean "anytime you use someone else's content." Some great points on how to do it right.
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Soon: Flipboard for AndroidThe popular curated news app, Flipboard, is going to become available on Android. I'm an, iOS user but I definitely prefer that apps are available cross-platform because it (a) makes the apps better for everyone and (b) makes sure certain companies don't sit on their laurels!
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Mashable: Tips for Content CurationMashable says: "Be Part of the Content Ecosystem; Follow a Schedule; Embrace Multiple Platforms; Engage and Participate; Share. Don’t Steal."
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Content curators as superheros?Stand tall, curators! This is a familiar statement - there's too much information so we need humans to filter - but Fast Company provides some great numbers on how big the data deluge really is. "The web needs you."
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4 tips for great curation "from" the master, Ken BurnsStoryboard First, Filter Intelligently, Don’t Become Part of the Problem, Know When to Create and When to Curate ... good stuff! Long article but worth it.
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Curisma is Pinterest for techNot a bad idea, really. Browse through what's there and indicate what you "want" and what you "have."
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4 Steps to Take to Go Forth and Curate4 good tips for content curators just getting started
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Curated Collection of Mid-Century FurnitureNot the usual thing we post... but curation happens everywhere. Look at the apartment in this story. There's more stuff than you could imagine fitting in one apartment but, somehow, it works. This is the difference between just gathering and actually curating. -
Content curation is one of 2012's top ten emerging marketing trendsAlso included: experiential marketing, unplugging, authenticity (being "real" is back in fashion)
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Huge Content Curation Guide from SEOMozI'm a big fan of everything that SEOMoz puts out and this one promises to be incredibly useful for the curation fanatics out there! -
Music Curation Video by PBSReally good video on how music, music reviews, and music blogs are getting curated to help people find new artists and tracks. -
Robin Good, the "Curation Guru," sharing curation toolsRobin Good has been doing this stuff for quite a while and seems to really understand a lot about this culture and where it's going. Here's his giant mind map of the tools out there to help with this task.
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Is Pinterest’s Push-Button + Boards Formula Really Going to ‘Change the Web’?"It’s the social content curation, stupid." I guess but is that what Pinterest offers above all else? You can certainly do the same thing elsewhere. I think it's the pretty pictures... stupid. -
On Quora: where does content curation start?Russel Wright says it starts "in the grey area."
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The Best Infographics of 2011An awesome curated block of the best infographics ... some amazing ones here. -
3 Pillars of Content CurationI was worried this was another "what is content curation" posts but it's not. Neil talks about algorithmic, professional, and social curation. Good overview.
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Content curation and the power of collective intelligenceGreat _curated_ list of resources for teachers and librarians -
Sharing Without StealingAww, how nice of you! Talks about the "dangers" of content curation but suggests that you ask content publishers first. I don't think that's necessary, but a comment wouldn't hurt.
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Is Facebook Killing ‘Content Curation’?denzil postulates that Facebook is killing content curation with Timeline and Open Graph. Basically, content discovery is becoming automated (not always/ever a good thing) so is there any reason to keep discovering?
Aggregation
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The Future of News (hint: it belongs to the smart curators)Great Forbes piece on where news is going, specifically surrounding personalization and smart aggregation. Smart filters! It's certainly been said before...
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[Video] Doing it wrong in news aggregationA short video on Elizabeth Flock and the Washington Post. Great professional piece on what happens when you're just chasing page views. For the record, this is an organizational problem, not just a rogue blogger. -
Wavii is like a Facebook timeline of newsLooks interesting so I signed up. Interface is great but "Justin Bieber was asked to prom by a high school sophomore on YouTube" is not related to news about Google, IMHO. -
Huge Content Curation Guide from SEOMozI'm a big fan of everything that SEOMoz puts out and this one promises to be incredibly useful for the curation fanatics out there!
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Aggregate and get suedThe Associate Press is suing Meltwater News for charging customers to aggregate and provide content. As much as I'm all for re-use, I have to side with the AP a bit on this one, though it sounds like the lawsuit was a bit premature.
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The Guardian’s N0tice could be a great replacement for local newspapers"N0tice is essentially an online community noticeboard, upon which news, details of events, and local special offers can be posted for other users." It's a local news aggregation service, essential, powered by users. Big potential. -
Welcome to the Huffington Post eraRiding the line between aggregation and curation, how is The Huffington Post helping or hurting the news business?
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TrapIt - a personal news aggregatorComes from the same folks that put together Siri. Here's a nice review.
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The Early Edition 2 iPad news aggregation appSold as an "iPad newspaper," looks like a fancy RSS reader -
The 5 Best News Aggregators (LifeHacker)Just to ruin it... Feedly, Google News, Fark, Pulse, and News 360
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How to aggregate news like a proWhat to know before you get started in news aggregation
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News aggregator comparison chartCompares 8 popular news aggregation sites
- RSS News Aggregation Website using WordPress or Similar
- Aggregating Without Aggravating
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Develop a News aggregation website using Drupal
Related
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Are we just a "curated self" online?An interesting piece on our virtual selves and how they are managed and displayed.
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New aggregation and filtering to improve public healthJust stumbled across this fascinating use of RSS aggregation and text-filtering algorithms to track potentially impaction human biological events. "The BioCaster system has two major components: a web/database server and a backend cluster computer equipped with a variety of text mining algorithms which continuously scan hundreds of RSS newsfeeds from local and national news providers." Very cool! -
How healthy is your news diet?Sums it right up: "The ability to personalize our news diets has given rise to fears that we'll end up inside echo chambers of the like-minded, gorging on brownies and ignoring the broccoli we need to function as informed citizens."
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Little Printer is a content curator?I saw this device under the headline "waste paper and create clutter" which colored my first impression. Then, I took a closer look and it seems like a pun little gadget. It never occurred to me that this thing is doing personalized content curation. -
The future of online advertisingFelix Salmon says that the future of online advertising is, basically, content curation. Brands can act as a "pointer" towards content that supports their message.
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