Announcing Information Overload Day 2014
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Information Overload Day 2014 will be held on Tuesday, October 21st at 11:00 am EST. The theme for this year's Overload Day is Tame the Overload.
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Posts, Articles, and Techniques
Media MultiTasking
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Think you are able to perform media multitasking? Think again!Turns out that we are really terrible at media multitasking - especially those that do it the most!
Read MoreInterruptions and Distractions: A Deeper Dive
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In a prior post, we discussed several of the negative impacts of Email interruptions and distractions on knowledge workers and how they comprise a significant portion of your work day.
Read MoreTurn off Email Notifications in Outlook to Reduce Interruptions
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An important way to reduce the impact of interruptions is to Turn off Email Notifications in Outlook for new Email messages.
Read MoreThe Law of Meeting Coordination and Metcalfe's Law
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The Law of Meeting Coordination and Metcalfe's Law are important concepts that impacts Email overload and media competencies.
Read MoreEmail Interruptions: A Primer
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Email interruptions comprise a significant portion of a worker's daily interruptions, with some workers receiving as many as 200 to 300 Email interruptions a day.
Read MoreIORG Overloaded 2014 Conference Highlights
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I recently was privileged to attend the IORG Overloaded 2014 Conference held on June 7th in San Francisco, organized by the Information Overload Research Group. This was a gathering of academics, researchers, practitioners, and technology solution providers, focusing on the challenges faced in our growing battle against "Information Overload".
Read MoreForbes Article on Email Overload
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On 5/29/2014, Forbes.com ran an article on Email overload written by Jonathan Erwin (CEO of enterprise mobile platform Red e App) entitled: Email Overload Is Costing You Billions -- Here's How To Crush It. Here is my response!
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