Curation Nation

　　身處這個被過多內容淹沒的年代，人們渴望擁有一種經驗，它既能善加利用網路的廣度與深度，又能提供一種由人類分類及過濾、是搜尋引擎無法做得到的方法。在這股流沙中隱藏著極大的商業機會：你可以在這個充斥著數位喧囂的無意義混沌之中，成為一個值得信任的價值來源。

　　在本書中，羅森鮑姆蒐集了媒體界、廣告界、出版界、商界及網路科技界頂尖思想家的寶貴見解與意見於一處，以便「策展這些策展人」。這本開創性的書籍創造出一個平等的空間，讓你的企業有同等權利存取大量且豐富的內容。

　　隨著這個世界裡的大量數位資訊不斷增加，要求品質與文脈成了更為迫切的要務。策展很快將成為你事業及你數位世界的一部分。現在就了解它、趁早加入，從中攫取這個策展國度必然會提供的諸多好處吧！

　　Let’s face it, we’re drowning in data. Our inboxes are flooded with spam, we have too many “friends” on Facebook, and our Twitter accounts have become downright unmanageable. Creating content is easy; finding what matters is hard.

　　Fortunately, there is a new magic that makes the Web work. It’s called curation, and it enables people to sort through the digital excess and find what’s relevant.

　　In Curation Nation, Steven Rosenbaum reveals why brands, publishers, and content entrepreneurs must embrace aggregation and curation to grow an existing business or launch a new one. In fact, he asserts that curation is the only way to be competitive in the future.

　　Overwhelmed by too much content, people are hungry for an experience that both takes advantage of the Web’s breadth and depth and provides a measure of human sorting and filtering that search engines simply can’t achieve. In these shifting sands lies an extraordinary business opportunity: you can become a trusted source of value in an otherwise meaningless chaos of digital noise.

　　In Curation Nation, Rosenbaum “curates the curators” by gathering together priceless insight and advice from the top thinkers in media, advertising, publishing, commerce, and Web technologies. This groundbreaking book levels the playing field, giving your business equal access to the content abundance presently driving consumer adoption of the Web.

As the sheer volume of digital information in the world increases, the demand for quality and context becomes more urgent. Curation will soon be a part of your business and your digital world. Understand it now, join in early, and reap the many benefits Curation Nation has to offer.

　　Learn more at CurationNation.org.

　　★本書中譯版《為什麼搜尋將被淘汰：在內容被淹沒的網路世界，策展才是王道》由美商麥格羅‧希爾出版。

作者簡介

史蒂芬．羅森鮑姆　(Steven Rosenbaum)

　　創業家、製片人兼數位策展人。他製作過MTV音樂頻道一個由觀眾提供影片的開創性節目《MTV Unfiltered》，此外，他也執導過獲獎的九一一記錄片《九月的那七天》（7 Days in September）。羅森鮑姆是網際網路最大的即時影片匯聚與策展引擎－－Magnify.net的執行長。目前住在紐約市。

　　Steven Rosenbaum is an entrepreneur, filmmaker, and digital curator. He created MTV’s groundbreaking user-generated video show MTV Unfiltered and directed the award-winning 9/11 documentary 7 Days in September. Rosenbaum is the CEO of Magnify.net, the largest real-time video aggregation and curation engine on the Internet. He lives in New York City.