Overloaded:

Managing information with high-tech help

David Kamerer, PhD, APRLoyola University Chicago

Resources:

Find this slide deck and all links at

http://davidkamerer.com

SignalNoise

Agenda:

We are overloadedE MailSearch smarterFind the curatorsUse feedsThe cloud/Apps

Toffler

(FOMO)

SteveRubel

The Attention Crash:

“We are reaching a point where the number of inputs 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

NicholasCarr

- Greater access to knowledge is not the same as greater knowledge.

- An ever-increasing 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.

HowardRheingold

Source: http://rheingold.com

EliPariser

Source: http://thefilterbubble.com

"The Internet software that we use is getting smarter, and more tailored to our needs, all the time. The risk, Eli 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

Agenda:

We are overloadedE MailSearch smarterFind the curatorsUse feedsThe cloud/Apps

Three email accounts:

1.One for those who love you2.One for those who pay you3.One for transactions

Source: Jeremy Owyang, Forrester Research

Merlin Mann:

Time and attention are finite.Demands on your time and attention are infinite.

Source: http://inboxzero.com/

Agenda:

We are overloadedE MailSearch smarterFind the curatorsUse feedsSpecial-purpose toolsThe cloud/Apps

Search better

General principle:

use search more like a scalpel, less like a chainsaw.

Source: http://mashable.com/2011/11/24/google-search-infographic/

Source: http://mashable.com/2011/11/24/google-search-infographic/

Source: http://mashable.com/2011/11/24/google-search-infographic/

Google can also:

CalculateTrack packagesInches to centimetersSports scoresWeather

Source: http://www.google.com/insidesearch/tipstricks/all.html

Use theright index:

NewsScholarBlogsetc.

Source: http://www.google.com/intl/en/about/products/

Operators inGmail

Source: http://http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=7190

Source: http://www.google.com/insidesearch/tipstricks/basics.html

Agenda:

We are overloadedE MailSearch smarterFind the curatorsUse feedsThe cloud/Apps

Social discovery:

Variable information qualityTime consumingOccasional brilliance

fishing from the ocean

Source: http://adage.com/power150/

Which networks?

Twitter

Real-time beating heart of the webYou don’t need an account to benefit

Twitter listsTwitter directories (Twellow, TweetFollow, WeFind)Twitter search/advanced search

More powerful tools

For posting:HootsuiteTweetdeck

For listening:ScoutLabsRadian6

Agenda:

We are overloadedE MailSearch smarterFind the curatorsUse feedsThe cloud/Apps

RSS:

Yes, it’s in declineYes, it’s still usefulGet feeds from: • blogs • news • social sites • Google alerts

Source: http://adage.com/power150/

Source: http://adage.com/power150/

Sync your RSS feeds:

Google app

NetNewsWire

Reeder

others

Agenda:

We are overloadedE MailSearch smarterFind the curatorsUse feedsThe cloud/Apps

Delicious

{ breathe }

Fill your bowl to the brimand it will spill.

Keep sharpening your knifeand it will blunt.

Chase after money and securityand your heart will never unclench.

Care about people’s approvaland you will be their prisoner.

Do your work, then step back.The only path to serenity.

-Tao Te Ching

Q & A

slides and links at davidkamerer.com