But recently, he says, it has come to mean something less good: Over the past three or so years, the term media curation has evolved in its meaning to being less-and-less an act of help and service and more and more a term that’s used to add lipstick to a pig of a business model that is based on something like the following: “go re-write stuff you find elsewhere that’s about whatever is trending on Google and bury a link to them somewhere towards the end of the story so we can claim it’s not merely re-writing their story.”. How can you distinguish between good curation and bad curation? MORE >>

couple of years ago, Gina Trapani , the founder of Lifehacker and a cohost of This Week in Google , wrote and self-published the Complete Guide to Google Wave , which she described as “an experiment in iterative publishing.” ” As Google’s innovative technology evolved and its uses expanded, she would continue updating her book. Gina Tapani. Anytime you write in depth about  a new technology, you are at risk of falling into what might be called the Trapani Trap. We all know how that worked out. The latest case in point is Pinterest. No related posts MORE >>

That’s why I’ve so far stuck with Twitter and its follower model and dallied with Google Plus and its concept of differentiated social circles. Though I understand its appeal, I’ve never found Facebook compelling. What I’ve taken to be its core assumptions—that one’s world is divided into friends and everyone else, and that all your friends are friends in exactly the same way—just don’t work for me. With Facebook’s introduction yesterday of Twitter-like subscriptions , though, that could change. As a writer, I’m interested in having people read my work. Related posts: Be Yourself. MORE >>

Will they sometimes wax too enthusiastic about new tools that turn out to be dead ends, like Jaiku , FriendFeed , or Google Wave ? But they’ll also bring to light valuable new platforms as well, like Facebook and Twitter, and perhaps even Google Plus. Yesterday, B2B editor and blogger Maureen Alley wrote a provocative post declaring that early adopters are annoying. m not sure she means it. Alley herself, after all, stands out among young B2B journalists for being well ahead of her peers in adopting the tools and ethos of social media. Yes, such enthusiasts can be annoying. MORE >>

What Would Google Do? As part of a webinar for B2B editors on September 23, 2010, I’m speaking on “Managing Your Career in the Social Media Era.” The webinar, “ Enhancing Your Career in the B2B Press ,” is sponsored by the American Society of Business Press Editors.). Since the webinar format isn’t particularly conducive to embedded links, I’ve listed here the main sources cited in my talk. ve included key quotes from most of the sources below in the hopes that even if you haven’t heard my presentation, you’ll be interested in exploring the originals on your own. by Jeff Jarvis. MORE >>