Tonight's news of Gmail taking on information overload directly, using a combination of intelligent algorithms and your own feedback to build in box personalization is yet another hallmark move to taking on the increasing deluge of content approaching us from all directions - be it our e-mail, static Web pages, audio and video, or the many different social streams which we have subscribed to. Of course, it is easy for an individual to be a curator. Tags: RSSmeme GMail My6sense Curation ReadBurner Editorial Filtering Loose definition: I am the smartest person. MORE >>

and Browse My Stuff grabbing attention, and with people like Robin Good doing a series on Real-Time News Curation , and Ross Dawson tells us has curation has hit the tipping point , it seems like the concepts of curation, aggregation, filtering are suddenly a central conversation.  I had an interesting exchange with Robin around the question of what constitutes filtering and how that differs from curation.  In Different Approaches To News Filtering , Mahendra Palsule who is an editor at TechMeme, identifies the following ways to automatically filter content.  MORE >>

All of a sudden, “ curation ” is one of the hottest words in the Web 2.0 Content curation is about filtering the stuff that people really need from out of all the noise around it. In the same way that museum curators choose which items from a collection to put on display, content curators select and publish information that’s of interest to a particular audience. The problem with curation is that it’s labor-intensive. The company is attacking the labor problem by making curators more productive rather than trying to replace them. world. MORE >>

'A few months ago, my introduction to content curation, which I had shared on this blog and Internet Billboards, got noticed by Robin Good. Good is one of the best content curators in the world — and I am a huge fan of his work. Since the highlight, I have received several emails from readers who want to know why I am involved in curation. That is exactly what curators do. My brand has never been so visible - When I curate content, I always try to provide context and thoughts; I also mention authors on Google+ and Twitter. Are you a curator too? MORE >>

This simple and somewhat elegant service played a role as a curation journal of sorts for its users, who could discuss an article (or its best parts anyway) downstream. But news came this week the site is being mothballed, and users are being pointed to Clipboard instead. Amplify Curation PinterestSustaining a successful social sharing product with a small array of features is a challenge. One of the more recent to close its doors is Amplify.com , which acted as a home for users to clip favorite sites from the web ( including on mobile ) and add their own commentary. MORE >>