Comments on: Are You an Information Junkie? http://gigaom.com/collaboration/are-you-an-information-junkie/ Fri, 25 May 2012 17:53:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Paula http://gigaom.com/collaboration/are-you-an-information-junkie/#comment-82333 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:46:41 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=12251#comment-82333 FINALLY, a name to my disease! LOL….I have ALWAYS thought I was an info addict. Long before the internet, I would check out magazines from my local library (back issues) just to read tidbits of info. Anything from car maintenance, health issues, organizing, etc….anything seemingly useful.

I love the Today show. All that good info…LOL.

Is there a cure for this?

]]> By: Blogging Elsewhere at Consulting, Online Communities, and Social Media: Fast Wonder Blog http://gigaom.com/collaboration/are-you-an-information-junkie/#comment-82332 Sun, 17 May 2009 16:41:54 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=12251#comment-82332 [...] Are You an Information Junkie? [...]

]]> By: Weekly Link Post 93 « Rhonda Tipton’s WebLog http://gigaom.com/collaboration/are-you-an-information-junkie/#comment-82331 Tue, 12 May 2009 01:59:09 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=12251#comment-82331 [...] Dawn Foster has an article on Web Worker Daily that asks the question Are You an Information Junkie?. [...]

]]> By: How to Mine Twitter for Information http://gigaom.com/collaboration/are-you-an-information-junkie/#comment-82330 Mon, 11 May 2009 14:01:38 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=12251#comment-82330 [...] 11th, 2009 (7:00am) Dawn Foster No Comments Last week, I admitted that I am an information junkie, and I wanted to follow up this week with a few tips for feeding your information habit by mining [...]

]]> By: Lynn O'Connor http://gigaom.com/collaboration/are-you-an-information-junkie/#comment-82329 Sat, 09 May 2009 02:42:40 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=12251#comment-82329 I too am a serious information junkie. Most of every day I am looking for, reading, passing on, or writing about information. I run a student/colleague listserv with information I think my doctoral students should know about. I am on twitter unless I’m trying to get something else done and I go twitter abstinent. I absorb information all day and night, from all directions. I do and don’t organize it. The bigger issue I believe is that as knowledge workers we are always thinking. That is why we perhaps compulsively gather information. It gives us something to think about, write about, talk about, blog about, design research studies about, teach about, etc. The goal is thinking. Thanks for this post.

]]> By: righteous indignation http://gigaom.com/collaboration/are-you-an-information-junkie/#comment-82328 Fri, 08 May 2009 06:43:21 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=12251#comment-82328 Oh yes…my thoughts on twitter…
Somebody rigged a chair to twitter every time he farts, somebody else rigged a toilet to twitter every flush. (wish I had the links to share)

]]> By: righteous indignation http://gigaom.com/collaboration/are-you-an-information-junkie/#comment-82327 Fri, 08 May 2009 06:39:44 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=12251#comment-82327 My favorite method of info fix today is
http://dailyrotation.com/
http://linuxhomepage.com/
and
http://www.buzzflash.com/

Got any other places I can check??

]]> By: Gail http://gigaom.com/collaboration/are-you-an-information-junkie/#comment-82326 Fri, 08 May 2009 04:44:31 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=12251#comment-82326 Wow it’s not just me! Sometimes I feel that I can’t consume it a fast as I want to. I have a good set of filters in place but I get annoyed when those filters overcorrect andbinfo slows down.

]]> By: BiblioHistoria http://gigaom.com/collaboration/are-you-an-information-junkie/#comment-82325 Thu, 07 May 2009 19:10:56 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=12251#comment-82325 I have been an avid info junkie since I learnt to read – and that was over 40 years ago. I get most of my info from reading, but I also get a lot of info from the internet as well.

I find I actually prefer to read NON-Fiction books. I never realised it until just now, but I have to read non-fiction to get my information fix for the day.

Fiction books are more for escaping, rather than for learning. I dont want to escape. I want to learn more.

I have several blogs online to accommodate my insatiable reading habit.

Interestingly enough I do NOT have any Twitter, RSS feed, Myspace or Facebook accounts. I prefer to stay reasonably private.

I usually leave posts and queries in various forums online if I want to learn something.

]]> By: JR Moreau http://gigaom.com/collaboration/are-you-an-information-junkie/#comment-82324 Wed, 06 May 2009 22:07:13 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=12251#comment-82324 I am definitely an info junkie. It’s scary! I feel like I need to make a conscious effort to step away from my RSS Feed if I have an extra busy day because my need for info can be so time consuming.

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