Now that the big list is hosted on the same happy server as this blog, I can readily post to both via a single login, which means that I have one less excuse for not coming up with more lists.
And if that wasn't enough, there's now this thing called Bloki, which will let people collaboratively author web pages through their browser -- kinda like a wiki, but with the relative ease-of-use that a blogging tool affords. I'm very tempted to set up an account, but I'm having enough trouble just keeping up with my current websites. (News of Bloki obtained via IA Slash's little newsfeed sidebar.)
There's an awful lot of spinning around going on:
Experts say information overload is a serious problem in many companies, adding to stress levels and resulting in a downturn in productivity (a report from Proudfoot Consulting last year found IT-related problems - such as information overload - were responsible for 8 per cent of lost time).
Irish website content management author and public speaker Gerry McGovern believes the problem known as information overload stems from the fact that since the founding of civilisation man has been operating on the premise that more is better. "(It's) the-more-the-merrier kind of concept ... if we create more, we create more value," McGovern says.
(If you decide to read the "Spinning Around" article, be sure to scroll down the page and check out the additional links and tips for dealing with information overload.)
I had a few links on information anxiety that I mentioned in my blog about a year ago; unfortunately many of them are now 404. Fortunately, Google is around to provide a couple more:
- a tutorial on information literacy which includes pointers on conducting research and evaluating the information you find
- some quotes taken from the books Information Anxiety and Data Smog
BTW, the latest "XML Deviant" column from XML.com proclaims that XHTML is the Most Important XML Vocabulary. Just for your information.