Comments on: Information Overload is a Cop-Out http://aboveandbeyondkm.com/2008/09/information-overload-is-a-cop-out.html A discussion of knowledge management that goes above and beyond technology. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:25:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Firehose Is Out of Control | Darren Herman http://aboveandbeyondkm.com/2008/09/information-overload-is-a-cop-out.html/comment-page-1#comment-577 The Firehose Is Out of Control | Darren Herman Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:13:56 +0000 http://aboveandbeyondkm.com/?p=150#comment-577 [...] Clay Shirky, that sense of drowning in information is a sure sign not of overload but, rather, of inadequate filters.  If he’s right (and I think he is), we have to find a better way of coping.  (c) Above and [...] [...] Clay Shirky, that sense of drowning in information is a sure sign not of overload but, rather, of inadequate filters.  If he’s right (and I think he is), we have to find a better way of coping.  (c) Above and [...]

]]> By: Managing the Fire Hose | Above and Beyond KM http://aboveandbeyondkm.com/2008/09/information-overload-is-a-cop-out.html/comment-page-1#comment-539 Managing the Fire Hose | Above and Beyond KM Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:07:14 +0000 http://aboveandbeyondkm.com/?p=150#comment-539 [...] Clay Shirky, that sense of drowning in information is a sure sign not of overload but, rather, of inadequate filters.  If he’s right (and I think he is), we have to find a better way of [...] [...] Clay Shirky, that sense of drowning in information is a sure sign not of overload but, rather, of inadequate filters.  If he’s right (and I think he is), we have to find a better way of [...]

]]> By: Do You Have What It Takes? | Above and Beyond KM http://aboveandbeyondkm.com/2008/09/information-overload-is-a-cop-out.html/comment-page-1#comment-538 Do You Have What It Takes? | Above and Beyond KM Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:42:38 +0000 http://aboveandbeyondkm.com/?p=150#comment-538 [...] Being ready is not just about knowing about the tool or knowing how to use the technology. It’s about changing your attitude and approach to the technology so that you really know how to use it well. For example, if you were trained to find information in a time when information appeared to be scarce, you developed some great sleuthing skills. (Remember having to go to a library, and then to the card catalog, and then to the place on the shelf where the book should have been, only to find it missing? That’s one form of info scarcity — when finding it is hard.) Now contrast that with our current situation, where you can Google “knowledge management blogs” and get 6,760,000 results in 0.15 seconds. That’s not just information abundance, that’s information overload. And that overload calls for different skills; it calls for filtering skills. [...] [...] Being ready is not just about knowing about the tool or knowing how to use the technology. It’s about changing your attitude and approach to the technology so that you really know how to use it well. For example, if you were trained to find information in a time when information appeared to be scarce, you developed some great sleuthing skills. (Remember having to go to a library, and then to the card catalog, and then to the place on the shelf where the book should have been, only to find it missing? That’s one form of info scarcity — when finding it is hard.) Now contrast that with our current situation, where you can Google “knowledge management blogs” and get 6,760,000 results in 0.15 seconds. That’s not just information abundance, that’s information overload. And that overload calls for different skills; it calls for filtering skills. [...]

]]> By: James Mullan http://aboveandbeyondkm.com/2008/09/information-overload-is-a-cop-out.html/comment-page-1#comment-103 James Mullan Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:49:00 +0000 http://aboveandbeyondkm.com/?p=150#comment-103 Mary I've started using a tool called Feedhub http://www.feedhub.com this tool looks at your RSS Feeds and creates your own personalised feed out of them, with a litle bit of help from the user of course. This personalised feed becomes more valuable as it information/posts you want to read. Mary I’ve started using a tool called Feedhub http://www.feedhub.com this tool looks at your RSS Feeds and creates your own personalised feed out of them, with a litle bit of help from the user of course. This personalised feed becomes more valuable as it information/posts you want to read.

]]> By: Mary Abraham http://aboveandbeyondkm.com/2008/09/information-overload-is-a-cop-out.html/comment-page-1#comment-100 Mary Abraham Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:12:00 +0000 http://aboveandbeyondkm.com/?p=150#comment-100 Thanks, Samuel. But how do you prevent information overload in your reader?<br/><br/>- Mary Thanks, Samuel. But how do you prevent information overload in your reader?

- Mary

]]> By: Samuel Driessen http://aboveandbeyondkm.com/2008/09/information-overload-is-a-cop-out.html/comment-page-1#comment-99 Samuel Driessen Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:35:00 +0000 http://aboveandbeyondkm.com/?p=150#comment-99 Thanks for summarizing Clay's point. I agree with him and you. I process loads of information and I'm loving it. Indeed, you have to put some good filters in place to help you process info. What I'm seeing in my work is that if info is not RSS-ified I'm not processing it. I want to aggregate the info as much as possible in my feed reader. Thanks for summarizing Clay’s point. I agree with him and you. I process loads of information and I’m loving it. Indeed, you have to put some good filters in place to help you process info. What I’m seeing in my work is that if info is not RSS-ified I’m not processing it. I want to aggregate the info as much as possible in my feed reader.

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