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Content curation is, in a nutshell, picking and choosing content from around the Web, and sharing it with your followers. Running a curated blog is not just about finding interesting content to share. Via Robin Good, Celia Muñoz Baeza 
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Kim Flintoff's curator insight,
March 31, 2013 7:54 PM
A great way to aggregate and present content to students. Or even better, flip that process and have students create their own content collections.
Kim Flintoff's curator insight,
March 31, 2013 7:54 PM
A great way to aggregate and present content to students. Or even better, flip that process and have students create their own content collections. |
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Robin Good's curator insight,
April 1, 2013 3:07 PM
If you haven't tried it yet, here is a cool video with Mike McCue from Flipboard, where he showcases all of the new features that make Flipboard 2.0 such a cool new publishing tool. I think anyone who doesn't have an iPad should check this video clip out as to get a basic idea of what FlipBoard now does, when it comes to curation and publishing, and HOW it does it. From my own viewpoint I can't disagree with the fact that there is no easier way today to create and put together a good looking curated magazine. At least if you have an iPhone or iPad. If you listen closely to the things that Mike McCue says, the focus is clearly on creating a cool-looking magazine in the easiest and fastest possible way. This is the critical point. The fad to put together cool looking magazines may not last very long, as we have already seen that the quality of curated publications that require little or no effort to be put together is generally very shallow. Curation requires time, attention to details and no desire to do things in the least possible time. It's like collecting stamps while driving. Something is not right. So the question is open: is FlipBoard going to generate a tsunami of cool-looking image-based "noise", or after the initial rush, these newly mint curated magazines could actually become valuable resources and "points of reference" in their respective industries or interest niches? Original video: http://youtu.be/I9dv5QVs2_c 
Jeff Domansky's comment,
April 1, 2013 6:14 PM
Thanks for this post Robin. Sadly, curation without purpose is just noise. It's not the tool, it's the talent.
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Robin Good: FlashIssue is a web app which allows you to easily assemble a professional-looking newsletter, by bringing together your best content as well as any article available online.
You can search for any topic via an integrated Google Search or provide the URL of a specific web page you want to integrate.
N.B.: A Google Chrome plugin also allows you to easily clip and grab any content directly from any web page and easily integrate it inside your curated newsletter.
See how it works: http://www.flashissue.com/gmail-newsletters/ ;
Read more about it: http://www.flashissue.com/curated-newsletters-flashissue-launches-for-mailchimp-gmail ;
Chrome plugin: http://www.flashissue.com/gmail-newsletters/ ;
Try it out: http://www.flashissue.com/ ; Via Robin Good
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Blogs can be excellent curation tools. Ask me, the woman who is saying goodbye to over 20+ Posterous blogs (public, private, shared) as Posterous shuts down at the end of April.
Thinking through curation with excerpted content and your composition on these two platforms is helpful. ~ Deb
Interesante artículo de Nancy Mesias en "MakeUseOf" que puede servir como buena introducción para los que estén comenzando en este apasionante mundo de la Content Curation.