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Subject:RE: When to use the word "curate?" From:"Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com> To:'Alec Chakenov' <alec -dot- chakenov -at- gmail -dot- com> Date:Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:28:49 +0000
Probably not documentation. Doesn't seem like it would apply very well.
From: Alec Chakenov [mailto:alec -dot- chakenov -at- gmail -dot- com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 1:27 PM
To: Cardimon, Craig
Cc: Mike McCallister; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: When to use the word "curate?"
Do you think we should ever use this word in documentation? It sounds like it has come from Latin, and therefore, will be less understandable.
2012/12/20 Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com<mailto:ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com>>
That's why I asked. Now I'm seeing that word everywhere.
From: Mike McCallister [mailto:workingwriter -at- gmail -dot- com<mailto:workingwriter -at- gmail -dot- com>]
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 11:55 AM
To: Cardimon, Craig
Cc: Ryan Pollack; Tammy Van Boening; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com<mailto:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Subject: Re: When to use the word "curate?"
Yeah, "curated news" is a new buzzword for sites like Paper.li, Scoop.it and Storify. It's what you're doing on Tech Writer This Week too, so congratulations on your new "curator" title. 8-)
Mike
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On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 10:41 AM, Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com<mailto:ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com><mailto:ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com<mailto:ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com>>> wrote:
That's what I'm seeing, too.
From: Ryan Pollack [mailto:ryan -at- clicksecurity -dot- com<mailto:ryan -at- clicksecurity -dot- com><mailto:ryan -at- clicksecurity -dot- com<mailto:ryan -at- clicksecurity -dot- com>>]
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 11:03 AM
To: Tammy Van Boening
Cc: Cardimon, Craig; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com<mailto:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com><mailto:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com<mailto:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>>
Subject: Re: When to use the word "curate?"
I've been seeing "curate" increasingly used as a verb in the sense of "to pick items of high quality and/or interest".
On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Tammy Van Boening <tammyvb -at- spectrumwritingllc -dot- com<mailto:tammyvb -at- spectrumwritingllc -dot- com><mailto:tammyvb -at- spectrumwritingllc -dot- com<mailto:tammyvb -at- spectrumwritingllc -dot- com>><mailto:tammyvb -at- spectrumwritingllc -dot- com<mailto:tammyvb -at- spectrumwritingllc -dot- com><mailto:tammyvb -at- spectrumwritingllc -dot- com<mailto:tammyvb -at- spectrumwritingllc -dot- com>>>> wrote:
"Curate" is a very specific term that is used in my specialty of writing to
scientific software. In the science world, it means to research and
integrate diverse forms of data, including that from scientific collections,
and specific jobs are advertised as Scientific Data Curator Jobs.
As I browsed a few newsy sites this morning, I saw the word "curate" being
used where I used to see "written," "compiled," "developed," or even
"created."
I put it to you all. When should we use "curate," and when should we not?
Cordially,
Craig Cardimon
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