BN is creating
a very curated experience (like the nook UI) and as far as I've seen the apps that have come out of the nook appstore have been similar and in some cases superior to what exists elsewhere (one example is the evernote app, which looks remarkably different on the nook than it does on my android phone, not sure if it looks the same on other tablets, but...).
Not exact matches
Allow our estate concierge to
curate your
very own personal wine
experience.
It could
very well be the first mainstream e-reader that allows people to craft their own e-reading
experience, with apps that are
curated by B&N.
What I imagine Jones is partly responding to here is the common fear that as the structure of traditional publishing crumbles further there will no one to gate - keep, no one to
curate the
experience and help shape novels through the editing process, no one to perform all the
very vital functions that happen between author and reader.
I think Amazon will focus on bringing a solid
experience to the device; even though it won't have as many features and will be limited to the
curated app selection in Amazon's store, what it will do, I expect it to do
very well.
Design Hotels ™ members go beyond merely
curating their own neighborhoods — though they do that with great passion, providing truly local
experiences — they
curate culture within their
very own establishments.
Kuroda's
experience in
curating international Asian art shows from an Asian perspective allows us to see some of the similarities in our definitions of «otherness», as well as some of the
very distinct differences in limitations of our respective points of view.