Fashion 2.0: Social Curation Start-ups Target Fashion Industry (businessoffashion.com) 23 points by hailpixel 15y ago ↗ HN
[–] gadders 15y ago ↗ God I hate how everything is "curated" these days. Pick a new verb. [–] hugh3 15y ago ↗ Would you like to pick one for us? I can't think of an appropriate synonym. [–] bingaman 15y ago ↗ Filter? See also: You Are Not a Curator http://newcurator.com/2010/03/you-are-not-a-curator/ [–] hugh3 15y ago ↗ Filtering suggests a far more mechanical process than curating. Filtering requires an algorithm, curating requires taste. [–] gadders 15y ago ↗ "Select" "Choose" "Pick" there are lots.
[–] hugh3 15y ago ↗ Would you like to pick one for us? I can't think of an appropriate synonym. [–] bingaman 15y ago ↗ Filter? See also: You Are Not a Curator http://newcurator.com/2010/03/you-are-not-a-curator/ [–] hugh3 15y ago ↗ Filtering suggests a far more mechanical process than curating. Filtering requires an algorithm, curating requires taste. [–] gadders 15y ago ↗ "Select" "Choose" "Pick" there are lots.
[–] bingaman 15y ago ↗ Filter? See also: You Are Not a Curator http://newcurator.com/2010/03/you-are-not-a-curator/ [–] hugh3 15y ago ↗ Filtering suggests a far more mechanical process than curating. Filtering requires an algorithm, curating requires taste.
[–] hugh3 15y ago ↗ Filtering suggests a far more mechanical process than curating. Filtering requires an algorithm, curating requires taste.
[–] gammarator 15y ago ↗ http://www.chictopia.com/ is also in a good position to provide this sort of service. They have much of the same information and an engaged user community.
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