A curator is an information chemist. He or she mixes atoms together in a way to build an info-molecule. Then adds value to that molecule.

1. Real-time curators need to bundle.

calling it tagging is pretty limiting because tags won’t get you to full curation.

2. Real-time curators need to reorder things.

Why can’t curators put the most important ones at the top of the bundle, just like the New York Times front page editor puts the most important news at the top of the page? Or, even better, why can’t we organize them into sub bundles?

3. Real-time curators need to distribute bundles.

Why can’t a curation tool be smart about distributing bundles and let you see and manipulate previews of how that bundle will distribute itself to the various places you need your bundles to go to get the right audience.

4. Real-time curators need to editorialize.

What if I wanted to add my two cents into the patterns other people saw? I might want to blog like here. Or add a video of my own.

A curation tool would let me drag and drop on my new iPad that I’ll have next weekend.

5. Real-time curators need to update their bundles.

If you can’t update a bundle then it will greatly limit the ability for us to communicate. Blogs are pretty bad at this. If I come back in two hours and update this post you probably won’t see the update.

6. Real-time curators need to add participation widgets.

you might want to ask your audience to take a poll. Some might want to add comments.

7. Real-time curators need to track their audience.