Category Archives: information overload
Our need for real-time information consumption is pointless
What if we have instant access to all the data in the world? I’m flying about 38.000 feet above ground and I’m thinking about this question. It’s part of the mission of Google, everyone should have access to all information. … Continue reading
We don’t need more information or aggregation, we need inspiration
Being able to pass relevant information from one person to another has always been part of the evolution of mankind. When there was no technology we used storytelling. People would listen to the oldest, wisest, craziest people in their community … Continue reading
Posted in Friendfeed, information overload, inspiration, search, social networks, Twitter, web 2.0
Tagged content aggregation, Friendfeed, information, inspiration, search, social networks, storytellers, Twitter, web 2.0
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The Next Frontier after web 2.0
Marshall KirkPatrick provides an interesting overview from the Web 2.0 Expo. In his post Marshall talks about the next frontiers after the API. Everyone that turns on a platform these days also delivers an API to allow 3rd party developers … Continue reading
The New York Times river flows, but whereto?
Dave Winer is doing some interesting experiments to reshuffle the New York times content into something he calls a river of information. He uses the metadata the NY times provides in its on-line HTML news and using that data he … Continue reading
Posted in Dave Winer, information overload, Jonathan Harris, NY Times, Om Malik, Robert Scoble, universe, Yahoo answers
Tagged Dave Winer, information, Jonathan Harris, keywords, NY Times, river, tags, universe, Yahoo answers
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(Re-) discovering great things on the web
Tim O’Reilly wrote a nice post today on the effects of self fulfilling prophecies on social media. One of the examples he provides (read his article, it’s longer and nicer than my brief summary here) is that if everyone uses … Continue reading
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