RIP, Conference Curator! The fantasy of the conference curator is dead. Instead, let conference attendees choose conference content.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2014/11/rip-conference-curator

Finally:

This month we're featuring the Certificate in Digital Curation

This prepares you to undertake projects in #digital #curation, including #collection development, rights and access, and digital #preservation, with an understanding of professional #ethics and responsible #stewardship

Learn more: https://libraryjuiceacademy.com/certificate/digital-curation/

Here's why "conference curators"—people who can supposedly create great programs at conferences—are a myth.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2012/02/jeremy-lin-and-the-myth-of-the-conference-curator

Here's what we've got for you in our Weekly Top 5:

* Long COVID camaraderie (Men's Health)
* Breeding terrorists on Telegram @ProPublica / Frontline
* 737 Max coverup (Wired)
* Petrusich profiles Dacus (The New Yorker)
* The Irish pub as export (Smithsonian Magazine)

Learn why our editors have recommended these pieces and find out which story our audience loved most.

https://longreads.com/2025/03/21/the-top-5-longreads-of-the-week-555/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#Business #Findings
The future of the internet · Smaller communities, with a focus on curated experiences https://ilo.im/162kss

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#Survey #Internet #Disruption #Web #SmallWeb #IndieWeb #Community #Curation #Website #Blog

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Here's what we've got for you in our Weekly Top 5:

* Propagate language, preserve culture (Noēma)
* Hip-hop hooch hustles (Taste)
* Grieving a landscape lost (Salvation South)
* A gutsy take on indigestion (VQR)
* All the feels for the forums (The Fence)

Learn why our editors have recommended these pieces and find out which story our audience loved most.

https://longreads.com/2025/02/28/the-top-5-longreads-of-the-week-552/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Are you interested in the universe and space? Would you like an example of human curation at its best?

First on Twitter and then here, for the past couple of decades Daniel Fisher @cosmos4u has been handpicking, commenting, and sharing news and updates about astronomy and astrophysics, as well as space exploration and the space industry.

Daniel also runs a great space blog:

https://skyweek.wordpress.com

Here's my blog on my time curating for weare.rladies.org on their Bluesky account.

https://medium.com/@simisani.ndaba013/curating-r-ladies-weare-rladies-org-bluesky-account-655b04f49c21

The coast art exhibit is always so nice and never gets old at the Oakland museum of California #curation #museum #Oakland

[Veille] « Les identifiants des structures de recherche de l’université de strasbourg : retour d’expérience », sur le blog #Abes Punktokomo=> https://punktokomo.abes.fr/2025/02/12/les-identifiants-des-structures-de-recherche-de-luniversite-de-strasbourg-retour-dexperience/
#PID #idRef #idHAL #ROR #HAL #openscience #identifiants #research #university #veilleESR #curation #linkeddata

Do conference participants want less control? Restricting conferences' responsiveness to real participant needs should concern us all.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2013/07/do-conference-participants-want-less-control

I added a blogroll to my site! https://reillyspitzfaden.com/blogroll/

I love the idea of prioritizing curation and human recommendation over the search engines and recommendation algorithms that are failing us, so here are some of my favorites.

I taught my first @surf.social lesson today. I’ve only been on it for under a month. I was able to mirror my iPhone to my laptop and showed how to create, share and follow feeds. I hope to guide more of my #flipboardusercommunity as they join the beta #surffeeds #surf #curation

Anyone on #Surf yet? Flipboard’s new platform offers great potential for curation. Beta details are in the article. Surf combines content from diverse, decentralized platforms, RSS feeds, podcasts, YouTube, and Flipboard. #surffeeds #flipboard #curation #tech #fediverse #Mastodon flip.it/uy_UmT

“Surf”ing with Flipboard’s New...

Anyone on #Surf yet? Flipboard’s new and exciting platform has great potential for those that love curation. You can sign up for the beta (details in the 1st paragraph). Having a Mastodon account is recommended.

Surf combines content from diverse, decentralized platforms, RSS feeds, podcasts, YouTube, and, of course, Flipboard. Please do not abandon your magazines once you use Surf. They are an essential part of this equation. #surffeeds #flipboard #curation #tech #fediverse #Mastodon

https://flip.it/uy_UmT

Here's what we've got for you in our Weekly Top 5:

* Dying to seek asylum in Canada (The Local)
* The rise of UFC @RollingStone
* Hoarding at the British Museum (The Guardian)
* A mystery at Lake Tahoe (Bay Nature)
* Dog dialogue (NYT Mag)

Learn why our editors have recommended these pieces and find out which story our audience loved most.

https://longreads.com/2025/01/24/the-top-5-longreads-of-the-week-547/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social