Slaw: Combating Information Overload - The Diigo Meta page

• 31 Oct 11
  

  Stéphane Lavoie

  infobésité

• 01 Oct 10
  

  tyapkov

  # become highly selective and ignore a large amount of information or give up and don’t go beyond the first results in many cases (David Bawden, “Perspectives on Information Overload” (1999) 51(8) ASLIB Proceedings at 252)
  # need more time to reach a deci

  information overload

• 26 Apr 10
  

  Louise Leonard

  informationoverload

• 15 Jun 09
  

  Jeremy T

  overload

• 25 Mar 09
  

  marco campana

  Covers 3 main aspects of information overload for information professionals: 1) The History of Information Overload; 2) The Negative Impact of Information Overload; 3) KM Tips and Techniques to Combat Information Overload.

  information_brokering web_monitoring knowledgemanagement info_overload old_delicious

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  Settlement AtWork

  Covers 3 main aspects of information overload for information professionals: 1) The History of Information Overload; 2) The Negative Impact of Information Overload; 3) KM Tips and Techniques to Combat Information Overload.

  information_brokering web_monitoring knowledgemanagement info_overload

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  Marco Campana

  Covers 3 main aspects of information overload for information professionals: 1) The History of Information Overload; 2) The Negative Impact of Information Overload; 3) KM Tips and Techniques to Combat Information Overload.

  information_brokering web_monitoring knowledgemanagement info_overload

• 09 Jan 09
  

  Michael Toler

  Info Info Overload

• 08 Oct 08
  

  Jane Ann

  tldl

• 12 May 08
  

  Todd Suomela

  information-overload history research

  • 1) The History of Information Overload

     

    One thing I discovered was that our current situation may not be that unique. Some interesting research (see the bibliography at the end of this post for the articles in the Journal of the History of Ideas) points out that since the 1200’s – but more particularly after the implementation of Gutenberg’s printing press – people have been complaining about information overload.
  • One thing I discovered was that our current situation may not be that unique. Some interesting research (see the bibliography at the end of this post for the articles in the Journal of the History of Ideas) points out that since the 1200’s – but more particularly after the implementation of Gutenberg’s printing press – people have been complaining about information overload.

  • 2) The Negative Impact of Information Overload

     

    They are numerous studies to suggest that information overload makes us dumber: Persons exposed to excessive amounts of information are less productive, prone to make bad decisions, and risk suffering serious stress-related diseases.

  • 3) KM Tips and Techniques to Combat Information Overload

     

    By definition, KM is the solution to combating information overload. I see there being two major components: a technical solution and a “human” solution. Many of the tips and tricks for combating information overload are relatively trite.

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