In the age of the aggegator, the editor is a DJ

Bubblegeneration is my new favourite mind-blower blog.

While there is certainly a great deal of new and complex terminology on the blog I really enjoyed this latest metaphor: when it comes to the role aggregators, the editor is a DJ.

I like that because it suggests some art, some intuition and humanity in the aggregation process.

umair at Bubblegeneration also points to two posts on Publishing 2.0 that expand the thinking on this subject.

: : BTW this is the closest thing to a definition of "edge comeptency", a concept mentioned on the post I linked to on the Bubblegeneration site:

It's a straightforward concept: deep sets of learning at the edges of value chains or value chain segments, which let innovators sustainably leverage cheap coordination strategically. That is, into new markets, new domains, or new industries - reshaping their economics and arbitraging older, less efficient players.

I think I understand.