Comments on: Information Overload: The Silent Burden http://www.managingio.com/2008/03/07/information-overload-the-silent-burden/ Ideas and trends to tackle information overload Fri, 18 May 2012 22:23:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Charlie Curtis http://www.managingio.com/2008/03/07/information-overload-the-silent-burden/#comment-2091 Charlie Curtis Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:42:59 +0000 http://www.managingio.com/2008/03/07/information-overload-the-silent-burden/#comment-2091 In my job as a CIO, I've been working on tackling information overload with mixed results. My company, a professional services firm, suffers more than most because of a couple of infrastructure problems that arose from a couple of mergers. I've been trying to get my colleagues to acknowledge that attacking our information overload problem will improve our overall knowledge sharing collaboration efforts and also contribute to our bottom line. But some people here just don't understand the extent of the problem. I just read about information overload awarenesss day and I've signed up our company as a participant and designated site - I hope this will get my point across to my colleagues and help them understand what we can do to improve our overall position relative to information overload. For others in my position (and I'm sure there are many of you) I encourage you to do the same, Information is available at www.informationoverloadday.com

In my job as a CIO, I’ve been working on tackling information overload with mixed results. My company, a professional services firm, suffers more than most because of a couple of infrastructure problems that arose from a couple of mergers.

I’ve been trying to get my colleagues to acknowledge that attacking our information overload problem will improve our overall knowledge sharing collaboration efforts and also contribute to our bottom line. But some people here just don’t understand the extent of the problem.

I just read about information overload awarenesss day and I’ve signed up our company as a participant and designated site - I hope this will get my point across to my colleagues and help them understand what we can do to improve our overall position relative to information overload. For others in my position (and I’m sure there are many of you) I encourage you to do the same, Information is available at http://www.informationoverloadday.com

]]> By: Joe Lichtenberg http://www.managingio.com/2008/03/07/information-overload-the-silent-burden/#comment-342 Joe Lichtenberg Mon, 05 May 2008 15:10:10 +0000 http://www.managingio.com/2008/03/07/information-overload-the-silent-burden/#comment-342 Interesting article on some new approaches, both in terms of mechanical filtering and intelligent filtering, to addressing information overload here: http://www.technewsworld.com/story/Tools-and-Tricks-for-Information-Junkies-62644.html Interesting article on some new approaches, both in terms of mechanical filtering and intelligent filtering, to addressing information overload here:

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/Tools-and-Tricks-for-Information-Junkies-62644.html

]]> By: Amir Sachs http://www.managingio.com/2008/03/07/information-overload-the-silent-burden/#comment-296 Amir Sachs Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:13:11 +0000 http://www.managingio.com/2008/03/07/information-overload-the-silent-burden/#comment-296 Email used to be called "the killer app". I guess when they coined this term they didn't realise that email overload will kill email! I find more and more people are resorting to systemize their email clients in order to overcome email overload. So i decided to join the pack and created a tool called MoveIT to fight <a href="http://www.bluelightit.com/MoveIT">email overload</a>. It is an Outlook add-on (sorry no Mac version yet), and it has proven to save at least 2 hours a week! Imagine that, You can go play golf on a Wednesday, and no one will know you're out of the office! I also provide lots of tips on my blog <a href="http://emailoverloaded.wordpress.com">emailoverloaded.wordpress.com</a>. Let me know what you think about it. Email used to be called “the killer app”. I guess when they coined this term they didn’t realise that email overload will kill email!
I find more and more people are resorting to systemize their email clients in order to overcome email overload. So i decided to join the pack and created a tool called MoveIT to fight email overload. It is an Outlook add-on (sorry no Mac version yet), and it has proven to save at least 2 hours a week! Imagine that, You can go play golf on a Wednesday, and no one will know you’re out of the office! I also provide lots of tips on my blog emailoverloaded.wordpress.com.
Let me know what you think about it.

]]> By: Henry http://www.managingio.com/2008/03/07/information-overload-the-silent-burden/#comment-191 Henry Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:26:24 +0000 http://www.managingio.com/2008/03/07/information-overload-the-silent-burden/#comment-191 On the subject of information overload, in many situations less is better as non-essential data creates noise that can hide the critical data. Speaking about a very simple approach to reducing with information overload, I'm using my own application - <b><a href="http://www.contextdiscovery.com/">Context Organizer</a></b> - to summarize my reading material. When <b>at a click of a button I see the keywords and the most important sentences</b> - that helps me to quickly decide how useful the information is. In my experience summarization helps with finding specific information in a sea of disparate content and is critical in <b>quickly focusing on the most relevant information</b>. For more see: <b><a href="http://www.contextdiscovery.com/">Context Discovery Inc.</a></b> On the subject of information overload, in many situations less is better as non-essential data creates noise that can hide the critical data. Speaking about a very simple approach to reducing with information overload, I’m using my own application - Context Organizer - to summarize my reading material. When at a click of a button I see the keywords and the most important sentences - that helps me to quickly decide how useful the information is. In my experience summarization helps with finding specific information in a sea of disparate content and is critical in quickly focusing on the most relevant information. For more see: Context Discovery Inc.

]]> By: Chuck Frey http://www.managingio.com/2008/03/07/information-overload-the-silent-burden/#comment-140 Chuck Frey Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:06:09 +0000 http://www.managingio.com/2008/03/07/information-overload-the-silent-burden/#comment-140 To help overwhelmed executives to tackle the growing burden of information overload, I recently wrote an e-book that outlines a potential solution: http://www.mindmappingmanifesto.com. This type of software helps executives reach clarity faster, make better decisions and manage projects, knowledge and information better and with greater flexibility than ever before. The pity is that not enough executives understand the powerful business benefits of mind mapping software (an average productivity increase of 20%, according to a survey of users that I did last year!) To help overwhelmed executives to tackle the growing burden of information overload, I recently wrote an e-book that outlines a potential solution: http://www.mindmappingmanifesto.com. This type of software helps executives reach clarity faster, make better decisions and manage projects, knowledge and information better and with greater flexibility than ever before. The pity is that not enough executives understand the powerful business benefits of mind mapping software (an average productivity increase of 20%, according to a survey of users that I did last year!)

]]> By: Why Digg works. And Where it Fails. | ManagingIO http://www.managingio.com/2008/03/07/information-overload-the-silent-burden/#comment-137 Why Digg works. And Where it Fails. | ManagingIO Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:16:39 +0000 http://www.managingio.com/2008/03/07/information-overload-the-silent-burden/#comment-137 [...] (in my opinion one of the biggest of all, check out The real costs of information overload and IO: The Silent Burden) the value of those services is directly correlated with it – making the ones that really help to [...] […] (in my opinion one of the biggest of all, check out The real costs of information overload and IO: The Silent Burden) the value of those services is directly correlated with it – making the ones that really help to […]

]]> By: UriShare - Information overload the silent burden http://www.managingio.com/2008/03/07/information-overload-the-silent-burden/#comment-16 UriShare - Information overload the silent burden Sat, 08 Mar 2008 10:57:54 +0000 http://www.managingio.com/2008/03/07/information-overload-the-silent-burden/#comment-16 [...] Information overload the silent burden Good article on the nasty nature of information overload. Submitted: 1 minute ago Category: Science Submitter: RssFeed Website: www.managingio.com Report this link: Click here to report Comments: 0 [...] […] Information overload the silent burden Good article on the nasty nature of information overload. Submitted: 1 minute ago Category: Science Submitter: RssFeed Website: http://www.managingio.com Report this link: Click here to report Comments: 0 […]

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