Editor and Publisher's David Hirshman writes:
"I realize more and more that my up-to-date knowledge of events has actually become shallower, and that the information doesn't affect me all that much. Twenty-two dead in Iraq bombing. Married magazine editor caught with call-girl in airplane bathroom. An event pops up, gets knocked around the blogosphere for a while, enters my consciousness, and then fades out just as quickly."
I don't find this to be a huge problem, but I'm guessing that many people do. I tag important things into del.icio.us but all too seldom go back and refer to them later. I happen to be lucky enough to remember a lot of things well after reading them, or even skimming them I suppose. Still, I know that with 500+ feeds, IM notifications on some feeds, and a crazy amount of emails - there is a lot I'm probably not absorbing as well as I'd like to. Have other people found good methods of avoiding this problem? I don't think that cutting down on the amount of information we access is the best response, there has to be some cool memory tricks out thee. What are your favorites?
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"I realize more and more that my up-to-date knowledge of events has actually become shallower, and that the information doesn't affect me all that much. Twenty-two dead in Iraq bombing. Married magazine editor caught with call-girl in airplane bathroom. An event pops up, gets knocked around the blogosphere for a while, enters my consciousness, and then fades out just as quickly."
I don't find this to be a huge problem, but I'm guessing that many people do. I tag important things into del.icio.us but all too seldom go back and refer to them later. I happen to be lucky enough to remember a lot of things well after reading them, or even skimming them I suppose. Still, I know that with 500+ feeds, IM notifications on some feeds, and a crazy amount of emails - there is a lot I'm probably not absorbing as well as I'd like to. Have other people found good methods of avoiding this problem? I don't think that cutting down on the amount of information we access is the best response, there has to be some cool memory tricks out thee. What are your favorites?
Via Cyberjournalist










