Comments on: How do You Deal with Information Overload?

By: roalgumo7

roalgumo7 — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:45:29 +0000

I totally agree and feel the same way.
I could spend all day on my computer checking news, email, social networking, chatting, blogging, watching videos on youtube, etc etc.
So what I do is give things importance, so start with what’s most important, and if there is time I keep on going.

By: Matt Smith

Matt Smith — Fri, 30 May 2008 00:29:45 +0000

Information overload isn’t a huge issue for me, as long as I manage what comes in and what goes out. Information is good!

By: Jamie Jahnke

Jamie Jahnke — Thu, 29 May 2008 23:26:17 +0000

I have some kind of internal filter that helps me screen the junk from the jewels. I tend to gloss over news sites and process them then choose which stories to read more in-depth.

By: Boredcollegekid

Boredcollegekid — Thu, 29 May 2008 16:04:45 +0000

With friendfeed,twitter,school,work,TV, I get overloaded all the time, when it comes down to it? The best way I find is to simply disconnect and go sit out side for a while

By: r3novatyo

r3novatyo — Thu, 29 May 2008 15:31:52 +0000

First of all I select al information.Indeeed this is very hard to do because of this day by day exponentially growing of internet resources.Than storing information it is an issue.Thankfully the price for a gigabyte on hard drives is day by day lower

By: aeiz

aeiz — Thu, 29 May 2008 11:25:59 +0000

I avoid sites that my provide me with irrelevant content. Stick with the sites that know your interests… Digg is perfect for this because you can choose what you see.

By: jorg pihelgas

jorg pihelgas — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:49:57 +0000

Information overload eh? Now days everyone faces it for sure but i think it’s very hard to deal with it but for humans to deal with it biologically is even harder i think, because humans need to rest their brain to for oxygen refill. But as humans are already quite advanced in technology i think our window lies in nano technology i know it might sound little odd but i read somewhere that it’s possible in the future to integrate an device to some certain part in your brain to make the processing and dealing with information easier as it doesn’t’ allow brain to get all confused.

By: ezoby

ezoby — Fri, 23 May 2008 17:03:07 +0000

A few tips how to handle it
-use notepad note all information while reading
-print long texts and underline important information (I hate to read from the screen)
-try to find information in mind maps if not make your own one from the text

By: Shan Gee

Shan Gee — Thu, 22 May 2008 03:01:41 +0000

I understand what you mean about information overload. There are a lot of news that are published through many mediums, and many websites to view and learn useful information from. You must make your own decisions as to what is important to you and learn more of that information. This can be hard!

By: Jose

Jose — Mon, 19 May 2008 20:59:38 +0000

I think the only way to deal with information overload is by limiting yourself to information, which sucks. That’s the only way you won’t become overwhelmed.

By: thekingdor

thekingdor — Mon, 19 May 2008 06:16:01 +0000

Why do people go to church, when we have Father Pirillo right here? Just as wise and instructing about the world.

By: Richard McCahill (rrm74001)

Richard McCahill (rrm74001) — Fri, 16 May 2008 03:37:17 +0000

I do not get frustrated because there is too much information. I get frustrated because the information is not organized.

Of course, with Google and other powerful search engines, anyone could find literally anything on the internet. And when you get 100,000 hits from one inquiry, it can be pretty overwhelming. This whole internet phenomenon is changing human civilization and society as we know it.

But it is not the amount of information that bother me. It is the non-organization and duplication of the information that bothers me.

By: bushywhacker

bushywhacker — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:43:54 +0000

Sometimes I just have to walk away from it all. Go take a walk, grab some fresh air…of course leaving my cell phone at my desk as well (damn you Blackberry!).

I think it’s a real skill to separate what you need from what you don’t. With time you’ll get pretty good at recognizing irrelevant emails, text messages, etc. Or at least you’ll get pretty good at putting off those things that can wait and jumping on those things that need immediate attention.

One of my problems is that when I’m on vacation, I can’t seem to remove myself from checking email and taking care of things. Even if I’m not in the office…I just know I’ll have a huge pile of work to do when I get back from vacation if I don’t. Same thing on weekends…

So, my 5-10 minute ’sanity breaks’ I take periodically just have to get me through.

By: Sodzo

Sodzo — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:41:44 +0000

I always find myself getting information overload when I’m looking for it. I always take 20 minute sessions of studying then take 10 minute breaks in-between them. It works every time and I never get overloaded!

By: Mool212

Mool212 — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:55:32 +0000

i handle the extreme amount of information that is out there by severely limiting the sites i go to to read about things. My favorite way to handle is with email newsletters, because they keep me informed without having to visit 20 sites to get the same thing. I think the best way to limit would be to just check the things you care about, but due to your exposure, that might bea little harder to do.