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Plenty has been said about the emergence of professional curation as an occupation. The pioneers in this new field are content hunters and gatherers who are increasingly scouring the Web for contextual content to publish and amplify.

But curation is a trend that’s rapidly on the rise for more than just professionals. Chances are, you’re already a curator and you may not even know it. New mobile applications, sites, and consumer-driven content discovery are feeding the emergence of what could be called the accidental curator.

ACCIDENTAL CURATION

We’re becoming a Curation Nation, a place where abundance is assumed in the world of content. There’s no shortage of content makers of all shapes ...

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