What is Information Overload
http://live.pirillo.com/ – There is a ton of information out there on the Internet, but how do you handle it? How do you actually consume all of the information?
If you're asking yourself those questions then you are suffering from information overload, and the best way to deal with it is to try and filter out the crap that comes through and focus only on the gold.
There are a lot of websites out there that offer a ton of information on a daily basis – such as TechMeme and Digg – but most of the stuff they publish will not interest you, so don't use them for information: filter them out.
Another technique Chris uses is to listen to his circle of friends: if he gets five friends pointing him to the same thing then he checks it out and reads into it.
Handling information overload is a difficult filtering process, but it's becoming a necessary part of our daily digital lives.
What do you do to handle information overload?
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2 Comments
SocioBiblog
May 6th, 2008
at 3:10pm
t that there’s not enough information. There’s too much. It’s not there aren’t ways to publish content on the Internet – there are an abundance. A lot of noise comes with that signal. Related Content:What is Information OverloadMerlin Mann of 43 Folders on Information OverloadRoll Call: Not Going to SXSW or TED?How to Handle Email OverloadTagging Technorati
Gabe
July 1st, 2007
at 9:35pm
I ONLY read Techmeme. No email, no Twitter. If you want to reach me, just get a headline on Techmeme. I only call my Mother when “Gabe Needs To Call His Mother” shows up on Techmeme.