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Curation is Not Aggregation

Firebelly

Curation is the big new buzzword this year in social media circles — collecting information in a strategic amassing of selected information that’s presented in a new way to draw out the subtleties and patterns that might not otherwise be noticed when looking at the group in toto. Are you a curator or an aggregator?

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Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Opinion , Social Media > Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators by Tamar Weinberg on September 23, 2009 Share This is a guest post from Josh Schnell, founder of Macgasm.net and web developer.

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Hawaii Tsunami Proves Social Media Power Again: Information is a.

Bare Feet Studios

If you think about the mechanics of panic, it largely stems from a lack of information and and abundance of misinformation. Here are several use cases from the past 12 hours here in Hawaii where the free flow of information both locally and globally served to keep both panic and perhaps a tsunami at bay.

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New Tool Makes My Email Work Harder and Smarter

Almost Savvy

What if that space could be used to display all sorts of useful information about the sender of that email? Is it a huge opportunity to so easily have this information at my fingertips? I know you’re going to ask… How much information about me will Rapportive display? I pretty much ignore them. Absolutely.

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Work Literacy

Buzz Marketing for Technology

WebTools For Teachers 09/20/2008. Sponsored by Work Literacy and the eLearning Guild, from September 29 through November 7, 2008, this network will be THE place for you to learn about Web 2.0 Week 4-- Aggregators and RSS Feeds. September 29, 2008 at 8am â?? October 6, 2008 at 8am â?? The Work Literacy Blog.

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New Media Expo 2008 Wrap up & Ideas

Bare Feet Studios

Video recorded by user’s WebCam on Sat Aug 23 11:48:18 MST 2008 Share/Bookmark Thanks for reading! Roxanne Darling August 25, 2008 at 9:35 am @Arjun Singh does not look your video went thru. Colin Devroe August 25, 2008 at 9:55 am I wasn’t under the impression that this wasn’t a podcaster event.

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How friendfeed Can Teach You About Your Friends

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Since FriendFeed aggregates numerous social networks, it can give you a lot more information about its users, especially with regards to how and when they engage with online content. FriendFeed isn’t just an aggregator, though. That is, of course, if your friends are using Twitter. It’s also a conversation medium.

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