Smart aggregation is both smart and cool
Great piece over at Publisher 2.0 about an experiment in getting smart folks to get together to aggregate news about the presidential election.
What’s great about it is that it came together lightening quick (48 hours!) and that it involved two smart, sharp, and forward-looking people on the new media frontier – Scott Karp of the same Publishing 2.0 and journalist / blogger Jack Lail, amongst others in Knoxville and thereabouts.
Smart aggregation – the ability to curate and bring interesting and relevant information in short and digestible chunks – is a hallmark of good blogging in many cases, of course, but I’m also convinced that it’s good business. That is, I think there’s a marketplace for those who can find spaces in the marketplace and fill them with compelling and smartly aggregated content. In any event, best of luck with the Publish2 Election News Network!
