Emails. Voicemails. Mail mails. The amount of information thrown at the average individual on a daily basis is staggering.
Google Blogoscoped points us to a great little essay by Greg Knauss on information overload and what to do about it.
Here’s an excerpt:
“My entire life has devolved into an endless, grinding slog through my back-log. Everything I do is about catching up, doing the stuff I didn’t get done the day before, plowing through some other goddamned thing that needs my attention. Ending the day without actually adding to the total aggregate is a victory. There are times when it piles up faster than I can shovel it away.
The tools I use to manage information have evolved to the point where I can abdicate the tedious process of gathering it all together to them, and they now do a very diligent job of making sure that it’s all brought to my attention. Endlessly. Maddeningly.”
Read the rest here.
On a related subject, The New York Times examines the cultural significance of the phantom cell phone ring.
