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IBM Embraces Corporate Curation

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Marcomms, Curators, Corporate Curation, Ibm, Curation, Steve Rosenbaum, Smarter Ideas, Technology News

It used to be that company communication was all top down. Today, things are changing fast -- as the tools and networks for communication are broken wide open.

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Curating Facebook: Finding Meaning in the Noise

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Curation, Facebook, Facebook Timeline, Facebook Tips, Facebook Newsfeed, Facebook Groups, Facebook Help, Technology News

Facebook is big, and getting bigger. So don't feel despondent about the fact that you're having trouble managing the stream of data that Facebook is sending at you. It's not you -- it's them.

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NYC's Digital Future: A Projection

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: magnify.net, Media, Curation, Michael Bloomberg, Nycedc, Steven Rosenbaum, Technology News

If you look at the data, New York is - today - the center of the media universe. Headquarters for 29 of global media companies - New York is 2.4x l...

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The Digital Deluge: Explained

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Curation, Curation Nation, magnify.net, Steve Rosenbaum, Steven Rosenbaum, Brian Solis, Books News

Business used to be so simple. Manufacturers made things. Stores stocked them. Consumers bought them. Rinse and repeat. Ah, it sounds so quaint standing in the marketplace madness that is 2011.

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Data Smog: How Information Turned Deadly

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 02.12.2012

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You know that feeling on a clear blue sky day. The air is crisp, the sun is shining. Everything seems right in the world. Well, on the Web - it isn't...

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Online Dating Without the Ick Factor

Julia Plevin | Posted 02.02.2012

Read More: Online Dating, Online Dating Sites, Curation, Gilt Groupe, blackbook365 Online Dating, blackbook365, Style News

Maybe Blackbook365 just appeals to me because I'm as single as the shot of espresso in my soy latte, but I think this startup may be the most exciti...

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Mary Meeker: World Web Leaves U.S.A. in the Dust

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Curation, Web Users, magnify.net, Mary Meeker, Steve Rosenbaum, Steven Rosenbaum, Technology News

The thing Mary Meeker's Web 2.0 presentation nailed was just where the U.S. is on the world stage -- knocking us down from our self-serving perch of being at the cutting edge. In fact, we're lagging behind.

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MTV and the "Curated ME"

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: Curation Nation, Britta Schell, Mtv, magnify.net, Curation, Steve Rosenbaum, Steven Rosenbaum, Technology News

Millennials have grown up with a 24/7 news cycle and reality TV. They know the power of branding and publicity. Every day they act as their own digital publicists, curating and monitoring the 'me' brand.

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Art As a Lens for Societal Reckoning

Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: September 11 Exhibit MoMa, Eric Fischl Tumbling Woman, Eric Fischl, Peter Eleey, Curating, September 11 Exhibit, Curation, Art Curation, Moma September 11, Arts News

The artworks that will be utilized to discuss essential human values in the future will be those that continue to offer us unspeakable insight into matters that we as a society continue to feel compelled to reckon.

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Chicago Doesn't Need More Famous Artists

Monica Westin | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: DePaul University Art Museum, Re: Chicago, Chicago Art, Curation, Crowdsourcing, Don Baum, Chicago Artists, Chicago Around Town, Art Exhibitions, Chicago News

It's not that Chicago needs more famous artists. We have a lot of them. Instead, what Chicago needs is more of a famous and overarching art world.

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Google News: Humans Beat Robots, at Last!

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 10.14.2011

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After almost a decade, Google is somewhat sheepishly admitting that humans are, well, useful after all.

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The Spider That Won't Die, Professor Ai Weiwei And More

Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Culture Round Up, Week in Review, The Amazing Spider-Man, Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei, Jane Austen, Curation, Rolling Stone Magazine, Harry Potter, Spotify, Culture News

Jane Austen Manuscript Sold For $1.6 Million One of Jane Austen’s original, unfinished manuscripts was sold at Sotheby’s in London this past Th...

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Groups on Exhibit

Paul Klein | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Conrad Freiburg, Linda Warren Gallery, Joseph Cornell, Chicago Art, Curation, Curators, Mush Room, Smart Museum, Jason Peot, Chicago Art Galleries, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago News

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Extreme Transparency: The New Way We Live

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 08.07.2011

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My fellow traveler read my powerpoint from behind me on the airplane. And my car service driver watched it live on the web. Certainly my 'private' presentation to the TEDx community was more public than I ever imagined.

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Now Trending... Curation

Mike Jones | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Seo, Myspace, Curation, Social Media, Mashable, Youtube, MySpace Redesign, Twilight, Editorial, Sxsw, Tumblr, Technology News

The explosion of information has created a need to group data in meaningful ways. Curation encourages users to form niche communities around their passions by sharing content that centers on their core specialty.

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Can Venture Capitalize on Curation?

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 06.08.2011

Read More: Curation Nation, magnify.net, Venture Capital, Yuri Milner, Curation, Steve Rosenbaum, Steven Rosenbaum, Technology News

Curation has come of age. The sheer volume of Web content, and the increasing demand of both content consumers and Web advertisers makes it clear that content without curation is simply noise.

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Fred Wilson, Uri Milner: Is Curation VC's Big New Thing?

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 05.28.2011

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A number of the web's most trusted voices have started to embrace a concept that could have massive ramifications -- to manage, and make useful, the massive growth of content on the web, sites must embrace curation.

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