The NYT has a look at the Peter Gabriel-backed recommendation service The Filter. The idea is that, like many other services out there, Filter monitors what you consume via your computer and then recommends other stuff you might like to consume - theoretically, stuff that cost money.
“Users must still download the Filter software to their [...]
The curator topic keeps coming up and for good reason - somebody has to sort through the vast flow of videos posted by the millions to the web each day and tell me which ones I need to watch.
Of course, who picks makes a big difference (or it should) and every viewer has a different [...]
I wrote some (here, here) about the rising prominence of digital curators and how they are becoming a major force in driving web traffic.
I guess the term came up a bunch at this week’s PSFK conference, enough so that Grant McCracken brought it up in his blog a couple of days ago:
“Having been a curator [...]
Since its inception, there has been a general sense that the internet was a free zone. A few sites have had some success with subscription models but for the most part people expect to get their info for free when it comes to online.
That begs the question, just what will people pay for online? One [...]
YouTube is currently far-and-away the leading UGC video site and it is a well-known fact that having your video featured on the front page of the site drives 1,000’s of views a video might never have received. This boost can sometimes even launch the videos creator or star to a new level of “fame” and [...]
Some commentary from Mashable about NextNewNetworks deciding to syndicate to MySpaceTV. More and more content distributors are realizing the need to actually use the internet for what it is designed for - mass distribution and copying - instead of trying to force it into old models of media behavior.
The big question is, if all the [...]
Great piece in Micro Persuasion on the idea of the need for, a growth of, the Digital Curator.
“Information overload makes it difficult to separate junk from art. It requires a certain finesse and expertise - a fine tuned, perhaps trained eye. Google, memetrackers such as Techmeme and social news sites like digg are not curators. [...]
