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Curation Nation: How to Win in a World Where Consumers Are Creators
by
Steven Rosenbaum (Goodreads Author)
Business Leaders Are Buzzing About "Curation Nation"
"An indispensible guide to the brave new media world."
--Arianna Huffington, editor in chief, "the Huffington Post"
"Gives me hope for the future of the Information Age. Rosenbaum argues for the growing importance of people--creative, smart, hip--who can spot trends, find patterns, and make meaning out of the flood of data...more
"An indispensible guide to the brave new media world."
--Arianna Huffington, editor in chief, "the Huffington Post"
"Gives me hope for the future of the Information Age. Rosenbaum argues for the growing importance of people--creative, smart, hip--who can spot trends, find patterns, and make meaning out of the flood of data...more
Hardcover, 284 pages
Published
February 15th 2011
by McGraw-Hill
(first published January 28th 2011)
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The worst trend book I've read since my encounter with Thomas Friedman, this is an endless magazine article on curation and technology that is definitely only for people who don't know anything about either of those things. The author is gushingly enthusiastic about trend-setting websites with names from the bottom of the barrel that I've never even heard of (Mediaite? Newser??) and likes to laud the innovations of huge companies like PepsiCo. He also uses the word "listenomics." He can't seem t...more
May 21, 2011
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Curation is becoming a critical aspect of our online world. I know from years of being involved in online marketing and studying search engines that the search engines simply cannot keep up. It looks like they are, because if you ask for something, you get 10 results, a few of them good. But they're probably not the best results out there. We take what we get.
Curators will help fix this. Not only will we, as consumers of content, rely on the curator...more
Curation is becoming a critical aspect of our online world. I know from years of being involved in online marketing and studying search engines that the search engines simply cannot keep up. It looks like they are, because if you ask for something, you get 10 results, a few of them good. But they're probably not the best results out there. We take what we get.
Curators will help fix this. Not only will we, as consumers of content, rely on the curator...more
Gave this four stars because I think it's a must-read (sadly, for many of those who won't read it until it's too late). This despite numerous typos that drove me nuts and made me question my sanity - seriously - McGraw Hill publishes text books but can't afford to hire a copy editor or activate spell and grammar check? Bring on the self-publishing, I say! At least there will be some authors as chagrined by typos as I am.
As a history of what actually constitutes 'curation' it's quite startling -...more
As a history of what actually constitutes 'curation' it's quite startling -...more
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Curation Nation Why The Future of Content Is Context How To Win In A World Where Consumers Are Creators by Steven Rosenbaum
Steven Rosenabum is describing a major shift in how media is being delivered. Consumers of media are increasingly becoming prosumers and creators of their own content. People create a variety of sites based on their interests from cooking to baseball. Steven Rosenbaum runs Magnify.net which aggregates video content on the web so many of his ideas come from his direct busines...more
Steven Rosenabum is describing a major shift in how media is being delivered. Consumers of media are increasingly becoming prosumers and creators of their own content. People create a variety of sites based on their interests from cooking to baseball. Steven Rosenbaum runs Magnify.net which aggregates video content on the web so many of his ideas come from his direct busines...more
One of the most thought-provoking books I've read in awhile. I need some of my friends to read it so we can discuss! :)
Rosenbaum discusses the "deomcratization of the curator" - a curator doesn't only work in museums any more. Consumers are becoming "pro-sumers", a consumer turned part-time professtional. Curation adds a human touch to aggregation, and with the overwhelming amount of information streaming past us every day, it's the human element that helps to make sense of it. Now that content...more
Rosenbaum discusses the "deomcratization of the curator" - a curator doesn't only work in museums any more. Consumers are becoming "pro-sumers", a consumer turned part-time professtional. Curation adds a human touch to aggregation, and with the overwhelming amount of information streaming past us every day, it's the human element that helps to make sense of it. Now that content...more
This book is a very interesting read on modern times that, like most things technology, will be out-dated in a short time. That doesn't mean it won't be a good history lesson, or proof of "I told you so" for someone - it means read it soon if you really want to get your effort's worth.
Author Steven Rosenbaum does a great job of bringing a wealth of information to his reader, i.e. curating information about internet curating. His tendency toward favoring curation is more obvious than just the tit...more
Author Steven Rosenbaum does a great job of bringing a wealth of information to his reader, i.e. curating information about internet curating. His tendency toward favoring curation is more obvious than just the tit...more
I really wanted to like this book - a lot of what I do both for work and all of what I do on my blogs is curation. I wanted some new insights or an intelligent study of the changing nature of human data consumption or something, but instead I got some (not very well curated) interviews with head honchos of has-been internet companies and a chapter on how to start a blog.
Littered with "kinda"s and "cuz"s, Curation Nation reads like someone trying way too hard to be hip. Interesting thoughts from...more
Littered with "kinda"s and "cuz"s, Curation Nation reads like someone trying way too hard to be hip. Interesting thoughts from...more
Curation, a job done by humans not algorithms, allows us to sift, sort and gain a handle on the information that interests us. Both personally and professionally. Spotting trends, finding patterns and culling meaning from the firehose of information that is social and mass media is a great content strategy for brands. This book explains why, clearly and logically. It's a great complement to Content Rules. And a a must read for social media managers.
Chapters 13 (What is Your Content Strategy?), 1...more
Chapters 13 (What is Your Content Strategy?), 1...more
I borrowed this e-book from Brooklyn Public Library and read it straight through. I wish I knew for certain that I wanted to devote myself to web curation full-time. However, Rosenbaum's extensive explanation for what curation is and its necessity put me at ease for all the posting and sharing I do. Because I have embraced both social media and curation, I see myself as an information professional who can increase my value exponentially. The book is well-written and extremely helpful for informa...more
The overall idea of the book is interesting: we are so overcome with data now we all need curators (bloggers/websites) we trust to tell us what is good. Some of the history was interesting too. It wasn't great writing though and I didn't agree with his a priori ideas on the omnipresence of media. The most interesting chapter was on how to be a curator for whatever topic you are interested in. It had great tips on how to find keywords and content on the web to populate your site. Well written or...more
It was interesting, well written and Easy to understand. It includes an index and a list of sources.
He does make good points for curation, but it seemed to ramble rather than give the advice implied in the subtitle. At least there is an index and chapters, but I think it would have been better to arrange the information into sections. One section for an overview to explain curation, one to advise how everyone can benefit from curated data (including a list of websites), and one with advise on ho...more
He does make good points for curation, but it seemed to ramble rather than give the advice implied in the subtitle. At least there is an index and chapters, but I think it would have been better to arrange the information into sections. One section for an overview to explain curation, one to advise how everyone can benefit from curated data (including a list of websites), and one with advise on ho...more
I actually got a lot more out of Curation Nation than I expected. I was really interested in the concepts of curation, and did a lot of additional research due to information that I found in this book.
There were some interesting discussion on the pros and cons of curation, and a lot of examples of how it could be and is used. The Endnotes section was useful as well for looking up further details on some the examples that were presented.
The book could have been more condensed, and perhaps more or...more
There were some interesting discussion on the pros and cons of curation, and a lot of examples of how it could be and is used. The Endnotes section was useful as well for looking up further details on some the examples that were presented.
The book could have been more condensed, and perhaps more or...more
May 09, 2012
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Serendipity, voracious reading uncovered this title somewhere & I was intrigued...
Great book; I borrowed from the Belmar Library in Lakewood, Colorado. Loved it so much, found so many compelling ideas that, upon returning my library copy, I promptly ordered my own copy from amazon.com so I can highlight it and put colored stickies on significant pages. Thanks, Steve Rosenbaum for my intro to this subject!! Every librarian should read this book. Without fail! And then let me/us know what you think!
This book was eye opener to me. Being working on a website for a few months now, I've decided to start over because I've clearly missed a few key points about the format and the content.
Curation is such an important concept I didn't even know existed.
Rosenbaum writing is so easy to follow and all the case studies are fantastic and interesting examples, I've found myself researching them all.
Curation is such an important concept I didn't even know existed.
Rosenbaum writing is so easy to follow and all the case studies are fantastic and interesting examples, I've found myself researching them all.
As a curator and journalist who's studied the business of curation, I find Rosenbaum an authority on the phenomenon that will ultimately contextualize the "brain dump" of content we've left across the connected web.
Love the new word to add to my vocabulary and resume! We are all in information overload, this book details how to deal with it and make sense of it all. Great read.
Apr 04, 2011
Landy
marked it as to-read
Thank you Goodreads First Reads for this free book. Looking forward to reading it when I get it. Review to follow.
Apr 04, 2011
shinfu
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I have just won this book from First Reads. I look forward to reading it. Thanks.
An interesting snapshot of an emerging edge.
This book was received as part of First Reads, will post a review when read... watch this space.
This book was too long. Aggregation, curation and recommendations are more and more necessary and desired as the tidal wave of content is coming down on us, thats the gist of it, I don't think over 300 pages is needed to explain that.
Pretty basic....
niente di nuovo, ma analitico nel presentare e discutere il concetto di curation
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Steven Rosenbaum is an entrepreneur, author, and curator. He is the founder and CEO of the web's largest Video Curation Platform, Magnify.net. His book Curation Nation, explores the changing worlds of publishing, consumer content, and brand-centric curation. It will be published by McGraw Hill in the spring of 2011.
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