Comments on: WHAT WAS I WORKING ON AGAIN? AN OVERVIEW OF THE FIRST INFORMATION OVERLOAD CONFERENCE http://iorgforum.org/blog/2008/08/20/what-was-i-working-on-again-an-overview-of-the-first-information-overload-conference/ IORG members post on information overload topics Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:03:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: proopegettink http://iorgforum.org/blog/2008/08/20/what-was-i-working-on-again-an-overview-of-the-first-information-overload-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-1606 proopegettink Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:53:41 +0000 http://iorgforum.org/blog/2008/08/20/what-was-i-working-on-again-an-overview-of-the-first-information-overload-conference/#comment-1606 Digsby is a free program which combines IM, Email, and Social Networking into one. I've been using it for a few weeks now, and it’s really good. I'm running 3 IM accounts, facebook, myspace, and 2 gmail accounts on it and everything works. I’m honestly impressed so far. Check it out and download it here: http://www.lan5.net/digsby.html I do have a one problem with it though. I can't figure out how to put links into my profile. It's not that big of a deal though. What do you think, is Digsby better than Trillian and those other communication programs? Digsby is a free program which combines IM, Email, and Social Networking into one. I’ve been using it for a few weeks now, and it’s really good. I’m running 3 IM accounts, facebook, myspace, and 2 gmail accounts on it and everything works. I’m honestly impressed so far.

Check it out and download it here: http://www.lan5.net/digsby.html

I do have a one problem with it though. I can’t figure out how to put links into my profile. It’s not that big of a deal though.

What do you think, is Digsby better than Trillian and those other communication programs?

]]> By: Guus Pijpers http://iorgforum.org/blog/2008/08/20/what-was-i-working-on-again-an-overview-of-the-first-information-overload-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-306 Guus Pijpers Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:05:53 +0000 http://iorgforum.org/blog/2008/08/20/what-was-i-working-on-again-an-overview-of-the-first-information-overload-conference/#comment-306 In Europe, we have similar issues with too much infomation. From my business and academic practice it clearly shows that receiving too many e-mails for a single person to handle is a symptom of an underlying cause: people have not been trained nor are they still trained in effective communication. Information and communication literacy is hardly ever thought at educational institutes to date. Students are also not taught that persons strongly differ in their information attitude and information behavior. That behavior even changes between the various media and in due time! As one of my students explained: "I never use e-mail. Neither of my friends does, unless there is a formal request. E-mail is senior citizen chat." She is tomorrow's, or even today's, employee. In Europe, we have similar issues with too much infomation. From my business and academic practice it clearly shows that receiving too many e-mails for a single person to handle is a symptom of an underlying cause: people have not been trained nor are they still trained in effective communication.

Information and communication literacy is hardly ever thought at educational institutes to date. Students are also not taught that persons strongly differ in their information attitude and information behavior. That behavior even changes between the various media and in due time!

As one of my students explained: “I never use e-mail. Neither of my friends does, unless there is a formal request. E-mail is senior citizen chat.”
She is tomorrow’s, or even today’s, employee.

]]> By: Jane Sherwin http://iorgforum.org/blog/2008/08/20/what-was-i-working-on-again-an-overview-of-the-first-information-overload-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-303 Jane Sherwin Sun, 24 Aug 2008 02:51:16 +0000 http://iorgforum.org/blog/2008/08/20/what-was-i-working-on-again-an-overview-of-the-first-information-overload-conference/#comment-303 Now I see that there is much more going on than simple procrastination. Thank you for this summary. One thing I see clearly is the anxiety surrounding information received either by email, or on a web page. "If it's there, in print, then I can't risk missing the material, if it has anything at all to do with my work." If I close a book, the book is still on my desk, and I can mark the page with a book mark. But there are never as many books as there are emails--it would be like having a hundred books piling up on my desk in less than a week. And there is a generosity about books--we can wander around in them, find new things while looking for a remembered passage. Perhaps part of the problem is that we continue to react to information in cyber space as if it were printed on paper and bound. Books encourage contemplation in a way that emails don't. Now I see that there is much more going on than simple procrastination. Thank you for this summary. One thing I see clearly is the anxiety surrounding information received either by email, or on a web page. “If it’s there, in print, then I can’t risk missing the material, if it has anything at all to do with my work.” If I close a book, the book is still on my desk, and I can mark the page with a book mark. But there are never as many books as there are emails–it would be like having a hundred books piling up on my desk in less than a week. And there is a generosity about books–we can wander around in them, find new things while looking for a remembered passage. Perhaps part of the problem is that we continue to react to information in cyber space as if it were printed on paper and bound. Books encourage contemplation in a way that emails don’t.

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