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Americans Consume 100,000 Words, 34 Gigabytes Of Content A Day (STUDY)

Posted 12.09.2009 | Technology

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From big portions to even bigger cars, Americans have repeatedly caught flack for how much we consume. A new study shows we're gorging on informati...

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When Our Cell Phone Owns Us

Soren Gordhamer | Posted 12.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Cell Phones, Zen, Information Overload, Technology, Minfulness, Internet Addiction, The Balanced Life, Living News
Soren Gordhamer

I enjoy my gadgets as much as the next person, but watching how much cell phones are impacting people's lives, I cannot help but wonder, "Do we own our gadgets or have they begun to own us?"

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Attention Economics: 7 Ways The Number 7 Can Keep You Sane

Jacqueline Leo | Posted 11.30.2009 | Books

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Jacqueline Leo

Using seven as a filter for managing all the digital noise in our lives is one way to avoid the kind of mental hopscotching that can undermine our happiness, our relationships, and our success.

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Information Addiction and Our Quest for Relevancy

Scott Lachut | Posted 09.18.2009 | Living

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Scott Lachut

This quest for what might be, creates a seemingly infinite feedback loop where consumption continuously renews the appetite.

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Drowning in Information? You're Not Alone

Jonathan B. Spira | Posted 09.11.2009 | Media

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Jonathan B. Spira

Information overload renders us unable to absorb all of the information being thrust at us and some of what we miss may very well be useful or important.

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Keeping Twitter Relevant: The Art of Unfollowing

Soren Gordhamer | Posted 09.08.2009 | Living

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Soren Gordhamer

I want to know what people are doing and thinking, but I do not want to hear every little thing.

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"Not a Big Fan of TV": Is an Organic Information Revolution on the Horizon?

Schuyler Brown | Posted 08.16.2009 | Living

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Schuyler Brown

I've been noticing a trend in conversations with consumers. There's a growing awareness that our media diets are killing us, and an accompanying resistance to do anything about it.

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A Zen Remedy For Information Overload

Soren Gordhamer | Posted 04.26.2009 | Living

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Soren Gordhamer

It may not be very popular to admit, but I think if we are honest most of us not only love our increasingly connected life, we also hate it. We do not...

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Tomorrow's Info Today: Staying Ahead of the News Cycle

Randall Amster | Posted 04.12.2009 | Media

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Randall Amster

From now on, I will only get my news from future-based sources, and thus seek to remain ahead of the curve. Outlandish, you say? Impossible? You are obviously so behind the times.

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America: Make April 8th "National Info-Less Day"

Spencer Green | Posted 04.11.2009 | Comedy

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Spencer Green

That's 24 hours in which no person, no media organization, no blogger, no social network, no whoever or whatever can disseminate, transmit, broadcast, pass along any new information to anyone else.

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The Disease of A-Thousand-Things-To-Do

Therese Borchard | Posted 04.09.2009 | Living

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Therese Borchard

I have contracted an illness called "the disease of a-thousand-things-to-do." That's how author Abby Seixas describes it in her insightful book, "Find...

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How Email Is Ruining Work Life

BBC News | Ben Limberg | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Two million e-mails are sent every minute in the UK. That is almost three billion each day. But what is the real cost of this information overload? E...

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