A Little Bit More
A couple more thoughts about curation.
Curation is not bad. Collecting things you like is a part of how modern people form their identities. Someone’s choices about art, music, food and drink, and more are all perceived to be a part of who they are as a person.
Collecting for yourself is very different than curating for other people. When you curate for other people, you have an audience to consider. All of these new tools that are used for curation (Blogs, Ffffound, Tumblrs, etc) have audiences. That’s called publishing. If you publish something, even online, you acknowledge the fact that you desire an audience.
Good curation gives new context by grouping together and juxtaposing things in fresh, interesting and relevant ways. It provides substance and builds upon what is already there.
Bad curation strips context, adds nothing and states the obvious. It’s cotton candy for lunch.
More of A and less of B for me, please.
