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www.eluma.com.© 2006 Eluma, All rights reserved. Eluma Company Confidential
Surviving - And Thriving - Amidst Information Overload
9-18-08
Paul H.P Christen, CTO, Eluma [email protected]
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Introduction• What is Information Overload?• Consequences• History• Best Practices• Tools• On The Horizon• Discussion
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What is Information Overload
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Information Overload• Inbound – Inability to consume data• Organizational – Inability to keep found things
found• Outbound – Lost opportunities to share
information
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Consequences • Paralyzing• Increased Stress• Lowered IQ Points• Loss of Sleep• Wasted Time• Lost Productivity = $650B*
*In the US alone, in 2008, according to Basex
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Spectrum of Users
Overwhelmed! InformationJunkie
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History• Books, magazines, newspapers• Usenet, websites• RSS• Better RSS• …
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Best Practices• Don’t Unplug Feeds• Don’t Delete• Organize Everything• Self-Discipline
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ToolsCollect, organize, view, share from a minimum number of places, and…Easily find new sources, recommendation,s collaborative filtering
Requirements:• “Good” UI• Handles everything (Websites [Facebook, Twitter, Digg, …], RSS feeds, …)• Online and Offline Access• Annotations• Tags AND Folders AND …• Rules Based Filters• Alerts• Sharing/Forwarding• Integrated…and…• Recommendation Engine(s)
– Digg (beta), StumbleUpon, …
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On The Horizon• One Size Fits All• Wisdom of Crowds• Collaborative Filtering
• Personal Filters and Recommendations
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Thank You!
Questions?
Paul H.P. Christen a.k.a. “PaulC”[email protected]
http://www.eluma.com
