#sparksheet

[ann-douglas-blog]

The answer is simple, notes Sparksheet (@sparksheet): it's cheap.

[imlindley]

The web has become too big and noisy. The design community has helped guide us through some of the slush, and search technology has made leaps filtering and personalizing information for us.

But while algorithms once threatened to replace gatekeepers, online media will see a move back to the future: professional, human filters (the artists formerly known as editors) will play an integral role in the next web after all.

[trustyoureditor]

Click the title to read Karyn Campbell's (The IdeaLists) take on why editors are not doomed to become has-beens in the digital age.