This document discusses how people are overloaded with information and provides tips for managing information overload with technology. It suggests using email more efficiently by separating accounts, searching smarter using tools and operators, finding expert curators on social media, subscribing to RSS feeds, and using cloud apps and services. The key ideas are that greater access to information does not equal knowledge, multitasking is not the same as managing complexity, and technology can help filter information if used strategically.
7. The Attention Crash:
Steve “We are reaching a point
where the number of inputs
Rubel we have as individuals is
beginning to exceed what
we are capable as humans
of managing. The demands
for our attention are
becoming so great, and the
problem so widespread, that
it will cause people to crash
and curtail these drains.
Human attention does not
obey Moore’s Law.”
Source: http://steverubel.me
8. - Greater access to
knowledge is not the same
Nicholas as greater knowledge.
- An ever-increasing
Carr plethora of facts & data is
not the same as wisdom.
- Breadth of knowledge is
not the same as depth of
knowledge.
- Multitasking is not the
same as complexity.
10. "The Internet software that we
use is getting smarter, and
Eli more tailored to our needs, all
the time. The risk, Eli Pariser
Pariser reveals, is that we
increasingly won't see other
perspectives. In The Filter
Bubble, he shows us how the
trend could reinforce partisan
and narrow mindsets, and
points the way to a greater
online diversity of
perspective.”
- Craig Newmark
Source: http://thefilterbubble.com
20. Google can also:
Calculate
Track packages
Inches to centimeters
Sports scores
Weather
Source: http://www.google.com/insidesearch/tipstricks/all.html
21. Use the
right index:
News
Scholar
Blogs
etc.
Source: http://www.google.com/intl/en/about/products/
28. Twitter
Real-time beating heart of the web
You don’t need an account to benefit
Twitter lists
Twitter directories
(Twellow, TweetFollow, WeFind)
Twitter search/advanced search
44. Fill your bowl to the brim
and it will spill.
Keep sharpening your knife
and it will blunt.
Chase after money and security
and your heart will never unclench.
Care about people’s approval
and you will be their prisoner.
Do your work, then step back.
The only path to serenity.
-Tao Te Ching