http://iorgforum.org/blog/2008/07/15/welcome-to-the-iorg-blog/ IORG members post on information overload topics Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:03:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://iorgforum.org/blog/2008/07/15/welcome-to-the-iorg-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-277 Jane Sherwin Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:47:24 +0000 http://iorgforum.org/blog/2008/07/15/welcome-to-the-iorg-blog/#comment-277 Here I am, 30 minutes later, far off from my work, way over in the IO blog, having thought to just take a quick look after reading about you in Time Magazine, and wanting to refer to you in a presentation I'm giving on email marketing. I did resist going to my library site from the Amazon.com site about the Distraction book, when I realized what was happening to me. (Notice I say what was happening, not what I was doing.) Part of the problem is that I'm just curious about everything, being a writer! I do wonder if email isn't like a habit, difficult to break, or a temptation. My question: are the solutions to IO really technical? or do they have to do with education and changes in behavior, cf. Weight Watchers? Guess I'd better get a grip and go back to work. Thank you! Here I am, 30 minutes later, far off from my work, way over in the IO blog, having thought to just take a quick look after reading about you in Time Magazine, and wanting to refer to you in a presentation I’m giving on email marketing. I did resist going to my library site from the Amazon.com site about the Distraction book, when I realized what was happening to me. (Notice I say what was happening, not what I was doing.) Part of the problem is that I’m just curious about everything, being a writer! I do wonder if email isn’t like a habit, difficult to break, or a temptation. My question: are the solutions to IO really technical? or do they have to do with education and changes in behavior, cf. Weight Watchers? Guess I’d better get a grip and go back to work. Thank you!

]]> http://iorgforum.org/blog/2008/07/15/welcome-to-the-iorg-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-147 at Sperry Software Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:46:36 +0000 http://iorgforum.org/blog/2008/07/15/welcome-to-the-iorg-blog/#comment-147 [...]    One of the areas that interests me as a developer of tools that attempt to increase productivity are other blogs from individuals and companies doing the same.  Deva Hazarika, CEO of ClearContext, wrote a blog about a new organization forming to help deal with the onslaught of email.  This new organization, the Information Overload Research Group (IORG), is an industry consortium designed to gather together some of the largest players in the field to help you, well, be more productive. [...] [...]    One of the areas that interests me as a developer of tools that attempt to increase productivity are other blogs from individuals and companies doing the same.  Deva Hazarika, CEO of ClearContext, wrote a blog about a new organization forming to help deal with the onslaught of email.  This new organization, the Information Overload Research Group (IORG), is an industry consortium designed to gather together some of the largest players in the field to help you, well, be more productive. [...]

]]> http://iorgforum.org/blog/2008/07/15/welcome-to-the-iorg-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Lisa Neal Gualtieri Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:36:34 +0000 http://iorgforum.org/blog/2008/07/15/welcome-to-the-iorg-blog/#comment-14 I was fascinated to read about your initiative. I just taught a class on using for social marketing and guiltily realize that if my students take my advice, some of which is outlined in http://lisaneal.com/2008/07/20/ten-ways-to-be-a-more-connected-health-professional/, that I just induced information overload! How do you find the right balance between being connected in the ways that matter but still get uninterrupted time to work? People like Donald Knuth, who claims not to use email, become heroes http://lisaneal.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/uninterruptible-concentration/. I was fascinated to read about your initiative. I just taught a class on using for social marketing and guiltily realize that if my students take my advice, some of which is outlined in http://lisaneal.com/2008/07/20/ten-ways-to-be-a-more-connected-health-professional/, that I just induced information overload! How do you find the right balance between being connected in the ways that matter but still get uninterrupted time to work? People like Donald Knuth, who claims not to use email, become heroes http://lisaneal.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/uninterruptible-concentration/.

]]> http://iorgforum.org/blog/2008/07/15/welcome-to-the-iorg-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-11 SezWho Blog » Blog Archive » Information Overload Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:00:46 +0000 http://iorgforum.org/blog/2008/07/15/welcome-to-the-iorg-blog/#comment-11 [...] This week Google, Microsoft, Symantec, IBM, etc. met for their first ever Information Overload Research Group (IORG Forum). Their mission is grassroots awareness and a vision/architecture of providing solutions for reducing the overload. I’m sure the members companies are interested in rolling out the tools but having them sit and think about this is a good step in itself. Their mission reads: We work together to build awareness of the world’s greatest challenge to productivity, conduct research, help define best practices, contribute to the creation of solutions, share information and resources, offer guidance and facilitation, and help make the business case for fighting information overload. [...] [...] This week Google, Microsoft, Symantec, IBM, etc. met for their first ever Information Overload Research Group (IORG Forum). Their mission is grassroots awareness and a vision/architecture of providing solutions for reducing the overload. I’m sure the members companies are interested in rolling out the tools but having them sit and think about this is a good step in itself. Their mission reads: We work together to build awareness of the world’s greatest challenge to productivity, conduct research, help define best practices, contribute to the creation of solutions, share information and resources, offer guidance and facilitation, and help make the business case for fighting information overload. [...]

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