Curation Nation: How to Win in a World Where Consumers are Creators

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

First, my appreciation goes to my publishing partners at Huffington Post, Business Insider, Mashable, and Fast-Company: many of the early themes of this book began as posts on their pages, and only as the links and comments grew louder did it become clear to me that the topic of curation was ripe for a lengthy and detailed exploration. And while my virtual explorations were eye-opening, the real-world ones were certainly equally important: from my days at the Monaco Media Forum to the mind-expanding week at TED 2009, and finally—but significantly—to my South By Southwest talk titled “Curationism vs. Creationism: The Great Debate.” It was in Austin that it became clear that the issues and opportunities around curation were going ...