Managing Information Overload

Subject: Managing Information Overload
From: "Bal Simon" <wordmuse -at- earthlink -dot- net>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 01:49:33 -0700

Hi,

I have a question which greatly affects me as a tech writer. Information
Overload.

I get so many emails that I don't have time to read, let alone answer, all
of them. Yet I am accountable for them once I do receive them.

Then there are the umpteen thousands of conversations I have over the course
of a few months.

Then there are all the bookmarks for websites of interest (professional or
personal).

etc.

And, yes, I do flag info from "important people", "important topics", etc.
Even so, the info grows incredibly. Does anyone have strategies for dealing
with these - other than apathy?

Regards,
Bal
,http://www.1wordmuseplace.com
http://www.directorofwealth.com
balsimon -at- directorofwealth -dot- com



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