Finding the best videos
This opening paragraph from a New York Times Bits blog puts its finger right on one of the big problems of the Internet:
The Internet is awash in content — and a whole lot of it is junk, spam or inane status updates. How do you begin to navigate through the zillions of news articles, Web sites, tweets and other stuff online to find content that matters to you?
So what’s the solution? According to the author, Jenna Wortham, it’s something she calls “curators”. In other words, it’s people who slog through the dross and pull out the good stuff:
Like their museum counterparts, digital curators — either individuals, communities or Web services — are adept at unearthing gems and obscure artifacts from the Web that might be of interest to a larger audience.
Let’s say you find the glut of videos on YouTube overwhelming. Rather than aimlessly skipping between the latest Rihanna music video and grainy shorts of narcoleptic puppies to entertain yourself during your lunch hour, head to a site that sifts through heaps of online videos to produce a handcrafted playlist of content.
The post goes on to recommend sites where you can find recommendations for videos. The author also promises to give “curators” for other types of Web material in future posts.
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