« Professional services network offsite: Tapping the Power of Collaboration | Main | Audio stream of radio interview on Facebook, networks, connectivity, and media » Eight steps to thriving on information overload. In a world in which the pace of developments and amount of information available in any given domain is soaring out of sight, itâ??s intend to spend more of my time answering this question in a practical fashion, as this has become an absolutely vital issue in a world of information run amok. Set information objectives. About Ross Dawson. MORE >>

From The Information Age To The Connected Age. Today’s version of the web, whatever you want to call it, is notable because people and hardware and information and software and conversation are all mixed together into a hyperconnected network. we might look instead at another shift: how the web enables us to move from one era into another, from the Information Age to the Connected Age. Knowledge Worker (Information Age) vs. Web Worker (Connected Age). The Information Age is the age of the knowledge worker. So, I find this article informative and helpful. MORE >>

12 Filtering Tips for Better Information in Half the Time: RSS, Del.icio.us Topics: Low-Information Diet. The NYT article was very well done, but the truth is that I get some of my information from many different sources, including friends, professors, and occasionally — yes — even the much maligned service staff. Let’s start with something we can all agree on: In a digital world, the race goes not to the person with the most information, but the person with the best combination of low-volume and high-relevancy information. Dr. Stewart D. MORE >>

By Neicole Crepeau, Contibuting {grow}  Columnist. ve been extremely busy, lately. With a lot of client work, I have neglected my blog and have been sharing content less on Twitter and G+. Often, I only get to read blogs and share content one or two days a week. When I do, I have to pick which blogs and posts to read from my Feedly list and FeedMyInbox items. My position now is a lot more like that of the average social media user. And it made me ask myself how I’m deciding what to read. When you’re pressed for time and can only read a few posts, which ones do you pick? That’s the good news. MORE >>

INFORMATION SEEKING AND SEARCHING. of Information Studies. The Fourth International Conference on Information Needs, Seeking and Use. The emphasis in much information seeking research at the current time is on the social and cultural context of human interaction with information. In information studies currently, there is a burst of exciting work being done on information seeking in a social and cultural context. But the intention is not to reduce information seeking in context to only these levels. Information Seeking and Searching. MORE >>