Meanwhile in the same month David Armano posted a slide show suggesting that “This is the age of the digital curator” and I accidentally rediscovered the Digital Nest while I was busy trying to catch a rare sighting of the Google in action.
Anyway today I followed a tweet on my last post from Marc Rougier to discover Scoop.it. A Digital Nesting start-up from France that was launched at Le Web in December and previously covered by both TNW and Mashable.
As you can see by this example of one of my Google charts it allows the curator to quickly assemble complex media rich collections of digital media from various sources and feeds.
Here then is a curative tool for the So.Me generation. Perhaps more the future of scrap booking (i.e. a virtual shoe box for ideas and themes) than the future of newspaper or magazine editorial (e.g. Paper.li or Flipboard) it certainly has the potential to inspire a new generation of Denis Dutton’s to take up the challenge of curating the web.
How does it stack up as an advertising platform? Could it evolve into yet another flavour of the Polyvore “Create with me, Buy From Them” So.Me advertising model? Probably not. But it could prove to be the ideal site for the budding curator of “Branded” collectibles (e.g. Digital Examples).
All in all I must say, as a Digital Nesting platform, I like it.
Greg
February 24, 2011
Just wanted to say that I thoroughly enjoy your blog. I’ve never been one to frequent any sort of blog site, but I have been reading every day for the past few weeks and love it. Thanks and keep up the good work!