Comments on: Open Thread: Avoiding Infomania http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-avoiding-infomania/ Fri, 25 May 2012 07:31:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Web Worker Daily » Blog Archive Master Your Information Manifesto: 21 Tips to Deal with Info Overload « http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-avoiding-infomania/#comment-54354 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:00:54 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/01/28/open-thread-avoiding-infomania/#comment-54354 [...] discussed this at length in the past. We can argue endlessly about whether a high amount of information and [...]

]]> By: Web Worker Daily » Blog Archive Pulling the Plug on Information « http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-avoiding-infomania/#comment-54353 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 19:00:48 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/01/28/open-thread-avoiding-infomania/#comment-54353 [...] our previous discussions of avoiding information overload (and the contrarian notion that overload is good for you), most web workers have focused on ways to [...]

]]> By: Web Worker Daily » Blog Archive Zen and the Art of Attention « http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-avoiding-infomania/#comment-54352 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:42:57 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/01/28/open-thread-avoiding-infomania/#comment-54352 [...] and the Art of Attention Conventional web wisdom (CWW) says we’re suffering from infomania and so we need to firewall our attention. But what if the CWW is wrong? What if the answer to too [...]

]]> By: Reformacija » Open Thread: How Do You Cope with Web-Induced Attention Deficit Disorder? http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-avoiding-infomania/#comment-54351 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 23:24:18 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/01/28/open-thread-avoiding-infomania/#comment-54351 [...] online can sure make a person feel scatter-brained. Too much information and too many possibilities overwhelm our ability to focus. Psychiatrist Edward Hallowell thinks [...]

]]> By: Web Worker Daily » Blog Archive Bring on Information Overload: It’s Good for You « http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-avoiding-infomania/#comment-54350 Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:29:22 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/01/28/open-thread-avoiding-infomania/#comment-54350 [...] for You The latest in contrarian thinking asserts that we are not, in fact, suffering from information overload. It might even be good for us. From the BBC’s David Reid: In fact, there is even some [...]

]]> By: Web Worker Daily » Blog Archive Open Thread: How Do You Cope with Web-Induced ADD? « http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-avoiding-infomania/#comment-54349 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:34:20 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/01/28/open-thread-avoiding-infomania/#comment-54349 [...] Do You Cope with Web-Induced ADD? Working online can sure make a person feel scatter-brained. Too much information and too many possibilities overwhelm our ability to focus. Psychiatrist Edward Hallowell thinks [...]

]]> By: airlinickq http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-avoiding-infomania/#comment-54348 Sat, 24 Feb 2007 13:13:07 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/01/28/open-thread-avoiding-infomania/#comment-54348 western caribean cruises

]]> By: Mike Gunderloy http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-avoiding-infomania/#comment-54347 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:43:11 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/01/28/open-thread-avoiding-infomania/#comment-54347 Thanks for reminding me about Touchstone, Nick – they’re one of several players in the “attention” space. My big worry about depending on that sort of service is that I’d lose the benefits of serendipity: what if I subscribe to something like Touchstone and it learns too rigidly what I’m interested in, and I stop tripping over wonderful new stuff? But of course there has to be a balance between filtering and looking over the walls to see what’s going on elsewhere.

]]> By: Nick http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-avoiding-infomania/#comment-54346 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:43:26 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/01/28/open-thread-avoiding-infomania/#comment-54346

In the end though I have a feeling that someone like google or some hot startup is going to develop algorithms that allows us to see the most important stuff too us on top and everything else only when we have the time for it.

Actually, the folks of Touchstone have something similar in the works. Their goal is to create a software that creates an attention profile of the user and filters incoming news feeds accordingly to show only the items most important to the user. Touchstone is currently in ‘almost beta’ as they call it, which I think can be applied for by subscribing to the newsletter.

]]> By: Technogeekboy http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-avoiding-infomania/#comment-54345 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 04:21:37 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/01/28/open-thread-avoiding-infomania/#comment-54345 I think we can all control the flow of information on the Web and through RSS. We can simply choose not to read it if we’re busy. We can also restrict our e-mail checking and turn off any pop-up alerts if we want. And we can send our phone to voicemail. What we can’t control is people walking up to our cube entrances unexpectedly and interrupting us. I have no way of stopping it. I can’t close a door and lock it behind me and I’m not allowed to work from home. I’ve been praying for the day when corporate America abandons the “open office” concept and gives every office worker a huge productivity boost by giving us a door to close.

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