Comments on: Information overload is driving me crazy http://wevivify.com/2010/07/07/information-overload/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=information-overload Creating change one conversation at a time Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: DavidMcGraw http://wevivify.com/2010/07/07/information-overload/comment-page-1/#comment-104 DavidMcGraw Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:09:44 +0000 http://wevivify.com/?p=885#comment-104 Thanks Mike! <br>Your comment reminded me to do more RSS feed de-cluttering. I just removed every feed where I had not favorited an article in the last month. I am down to around 65 feeds. I’m getting close to the right bandwidth.<br>Earlier this week, I donated 90 books to the local library. My book self is still very crowded. I suspect I will go through the process again in a few weeks. <br>My e-mail purge is paying big benefits. I receive less than 75 emails a day now. Of which, 15-20 require real attention. The noise is gone and e-mail has become manageable again. Thanks Mike!
Your comment reminded me to do more RSS feed de-cluttering. I just removed every feed where I had not favorited an article in the last month. I am down to around 65 feeds. I’m getting close to the right bandwidth.
Earlier this week, I donated 90 books to the local library. My book self is still very crowded. I suspect I will go through the process again in a few weeks.
My e-mail purge is paying big benefits. I receive less than 75 emails a day now. Of which, 15-20 require real attention. The noise is gone and e-mail has become manageable again.

]]> By: Mike Petrucci http://wevivify.com/2010/07/07/information-overload/comment-page-1/#comment-103 Mike Petrucci Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:58:48 +0000 http://wevivify.com/?p=885#comment-103 What a great post! I actually just cut a ton of my feeds down as well. I did bookmark them in my Delicious account so I don't have to just remember what they were but removing the blogs/sites that I don't really get a lot from was a good feeling. Kinda like sorting my email inbox to zero!<br><br>I'm working on a new theory (which others have probably heard of). If it's big enough news, it will find me. That's basically it. But I'm not sitting with my head in the sand, I'm reading up on posts and articles related to my field. But for all the interesting but not really useful junk that used to come into my feed reader, I was just killing myself to crank through them as fast as possible and not actually read or learn. What a great post! I actually just cut a ton of my feeds down as well. I did bookmark them in my Delicious account so I don't have to just remember what they were but removing the blogs/sites that I don't really get a lot from was a good feeling. Kinda like sorting my email inbox to zero!

I'm working on a new theory (which others have probably heard of). If it's big enough news, it will find me. That's basically it. But I'm not sitting with my head in the sand, I'm reading up on posts and articles related to my field. But for all the interesting but not really useful junk that used to come into my feed reader, I was just killing myself to crank through them as fast as possible and not actually read or learn.

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