Information Overload

Will Associations Become Filters for Digital Overload?

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 05.06.2012

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Steve Rosenbaum

These groups of thought leaders are blogging, tweeting, meeting, and plugging in to social media with innovation and enthusiasm that in many ways surpasses many of the media organizations that I know well.

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Managing the Information Avalanche

Ron Ashkenas | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Time Management, Data Information Business, Information Overload, Business Productivity, Business Effiency, Business News
Ron Ashkenas

Business information has exploded at all levels. The ability to synthesize overwhelming amounts of information isn't only a challenge in public affairs and politics -- it's also an increasing problem in organizations.

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"Feasting on Junk Info": Media in the Internet Age

Robert Schwab | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: The Information Diet, Information Overload, Sunday Denver Post, Clay Johnson, Old Media vs. New Media, New Media, Internet Media, Denver Post, Denver News
Robert Schwab

"When you click on the computer, remember that clicks have consequences," Clay Johnson wrote in the L.A. Times. And he's more than right.

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Over the Hills and Far Away...

Denise M. Wilbanks | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: The Inner Life, Akashic Field, Information Overload, Dreams, Enlightenment, Inner Child, Lucid Dreaming, Consciousness, Video, Mindful Living News
Denise M. Wilbanks

Our culture has a way of fostering the belief that the "grass is always greener on the other side." I find it fascinating that the more we dream about what we want, the more we forget how to really dream.

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How to Avoid 'Expectation Overload'

Sondra Kornblatt | Posted 03.24.2012

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Sondra Kornblatt

Women want to know the magic cure to keep their minds going and going and going. But the truth is that all this going and going and going is why you feel like you're losing your mind.

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Data Smog: How Information Turned Deadly

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 02.12.2012

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Steve Rosenbaum

You know that feeling on a clear blue sky day. The air is crisp, the sun is shining. Everything seems right in the world. Well, on the Web - it isn't...

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Too Much Input and Not Enough "Innerput" Is Bad for Business

Dr. Jim Taylor | Posted 01.31.2012

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Dr. Jim Taylor

Too often, I see businesspeople becoming slaves to technology rather than masters; information junkies who crave the input regardless of its value; victims of technology who act as if they are powerless to control it.

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The Curated Web

Brittany Morin | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Information Overload, Information Technology, Curated Web, Women and Technology, Women Business Owners, Women Technology, Small Business News
Brittany Morin

For all of the incredible doors the web has opened for the world, it's also overwhelmed us with an amount of content that we'll never be able to absorb. The curated web is an important next step to provide people with the ideas and information they are looking for.

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The Entertainment Value of Occupying Wall Street

Robert Schwab | Posted 12.11.2011

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Robert Schwab

If you have any sympathy at all for the occupiers' cause... er causes... at first blush you would think John Hendrickson's piece in the Denver Post was a 1960s parent's cynical take on hippies.

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Struggling With Information Overload

Larry Magid | Posted 10.02.2011

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Larry Magid

I used to think I could manage my own often-interrupted life by "multitasking." But except for things like walking and chewing gum, multitasking is a myth. When it comes to cognitive tasks, our brains aren't really capable of competently doing more than one thing at a time.

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How Your Mind Keeps Your Body From Falling Asleep

Tracey Marks, M.D. | Posted 08.23.2011

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Tracey Marks, M.D.

Your body may be dead tired and ready to collapse, but your mind may be ready to go a few more rounds.

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Information Liquidity (Video)

Mickey McManus | Posted 06.28.2011

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Mickey McManus

What possibilities will we see, what wonders, what dangers, when we live in a world when it's as easy/cheap to manufacture a computing device as it is to print a picture? When we live in a world of a trillion nodes?

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NY's Secret Underground Digital Lab

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 06.12.2011

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Steve Rosenbaum

New York has a digital sensory deprivation zone that tests how long people can stand being disconnected from the web. It's called the New York City Subway.

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How Do We Respond to a Tragedy Like Japan's?

Christina Patterson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Twitter, Natural Disasters, Information Overload, Tsunami, Japan Earthquake, News, Suffering, World News
Christina Patterson

There are plenty of ways to prevent wars, accidents, and unmitigated disasters. But what do we do about the disasters where really no one has done anything wrong?

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Cole Sternberg: The Content Is Bleeding Through

Yasi Salek | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yasi Salek

The mutation of information and the expansiveness of its presence in modern society is the theme of artist Cole Sternberg's newest work, "The Content is Bleeding Through."

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Looking For Balance In A 24/7 World

Fauzia Burke | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Unplug and Recharge, Information Overload, Business, Productivity, Work-Life Balance, Twitter, Email, Facebook, Technology Addiction, Culture, Resolution Unplug and Recharge, Social Media, Social Media Addiction, Dependence on Social Networking, Technology Dependence, Dependence on Technology, Technology, Healthy Living News
Fauzia Burke

We live in a culture of 24/7 work and it has become normal to many of us. We have raised the expectation of availability to a point that is unhealthy.

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How to Avoid Social Media Overload

Dorie Clark | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dorie Clark

Keeping up with social media is now a 24/7 pursuit. How do you fit social media into your schedule, and what are your strategies for avoiding social media overload?

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Is Your Attention Span Shrinking?

Stefania Lucchetti | Posted 11.17.2011

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Stefania Lucchetti

You may notice that your attention span has shortened when it comes to, for example, reading a newspaper or magazine article (how many of you skip an article that is longer than two pages?), and while performing tasks at work.

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Do We Need to Rethink What Knowledge Is?

Stefania Lucchetti | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stefania Lucchetti

Knowledge is of two kinds: either we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information on it. The net opens access to an infinite li...

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The key to Turning Data into Information

Jose Vilson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Information Age, Education, Assessment, Information Overload, Data, Teachers Assessment, Education News
Jose Vilson

The tons of assessments we drop on students monthly give us nothing but decimals and percentages, rarely making any definitive statements about the progress that our students make in their education.

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Stop Me Before I Click Again

Lisa Solod | Posted 11.17.2011

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Lisa Solod

On a recent short getaway I was sitting over breakfast one morning with my friend B, clearly jonesing from both the absence of my netbook and the de...

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Less Input and More "Innerput": Take Time to Internalize Information

Dr. Jim Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dr. Jim Taylor

As of a few weeks ago, there were more than 21 billion pages on the Web.

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Why HOW Matters So Much More Than WHAT

Soren Gordhamer | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Wisdom, Information Overload, Mindfulness, Meaning, Wisdom 2.0 Conference, Conference, The Inner Life, Wisdom 2.0, Spirituality, Healthy Living News
Soren Gordhamer

It does not matter the activity, it could be running, emailing, texting, a meeting with a colleague, the what we are doing is so much less important than the how we are doing it.

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WHY Are We in Afghanistan? And Other Pressing Questions of Our Time

Lisa Solod | Posted 11.17.2011

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Lisa Solod

Bill Press had a discussion on the "war" in Afghanistan on his radio show this morning. I put the word "war" in quotation marks because it remains d...

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Feeding the Beast--Our Addiction to Anger and Fear

Larry Gellman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Larry Gellman

If you ask most people what they want the most for themselves the vast majority would say "happiness." So why do so many people spend every moment watching and reading things that are designed to make us angry or afraid?

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