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Writing a book is as different from digital curation as night and day. Digital curation is a series of split-second decisions: good/no good. It can even be done algorithmically. Writing is process-intensive activity.

Guy Kawasaki

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Guy Kawasaki
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: August 30
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