Information Overload is not new

That's what I have been stating in all SciVerse presentations too. Let's not forget Seneca's points on "trusted knowledge networks" too.

TextDigger goes to FederatedMedia

Turn the email off for few hours everyday

As Times graph shows we are not thinking enough everyday. Only 12% of our time is spent for thinking and reflecting. Microsoft, Intel, Google and I.B.M., and other technology companies formed a group to solve information overload. I have been trying this "quite time" technique for a while, and I strongly recommend it.

Tackling information overload

SemantiNet is a start-up that leverages semantic web "concepts to seamlessly integrate information and services so that you will be able to achieve more while working less!"
In the information industry we are all after "connecting the users to knowledge", revealing the deep meaning of the text and illuminating insights which are hidden in the documents. The company is backed by Giza Ventures and Yossi Vardi who backed ICQ years ago.

The value of blogs, wikis and RSS for Intel

Jeff Moriarty's post describes how Intel is using Blogs, Wikis, forums and RSS in internal communication and information sharing. In summary:

"The summary is that the major value I see in these tools is smashing through internal behavioral and cultural walls. Breaking those down will bring benefits in reducing redundancy, breaking down silos, improving product quality, and increasing team agility."

Accenture study shows that majority of information obtained in the workplace is useless

"Managers spend up to two hours a day searching for information, and more than 50 percent of the information they obtain has no value to them. In addition, only half of all managers believe their companies do a good job in governing information distribution or have established adequate processes to determine what data each part of an organization needs."

Here is one of the pain points for knowledge workers:

"More than half (57 percent) of respondents said that having to go to numerous sources to compile information is a difficult aspect of managing information for their jobs. In order to get information about competitors, customers, project responsibility or another department, respondents said they have to go to three different information sources, on average. In addition, 40 percent of respondents said that other parts of the company are not willing to share information, and 36 percent said there is so much information available that it takes a long time to actually find the right piece of data"

More on study at Accenture

via Maggie Sacco