Information overload : a system for better managing everyday data / Guus Pijpers.
Material type: TextSeries: Microsoft executive leadership seriesPublisher: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Description: xviii, 200 pages ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0470625740
- 9780470625743
- 153.12 22
- HD30.2 .P558 2010
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-190) and index.
pt. I. The principles -- ch. 1. Information on information -- History of information -- Meaning of information -- Characteristics of information -- Attributes of information -- A definition of information -- Value of information -- ch. 2. A lot of information -- Concept of information overload -- Definitions of information overload -- Collecting mania -- Collecting strategies -- Barriers to information use -- Symptoms of information overload -- Causes of information overload -- Information overload today -- ch. 3. Brain matters -- History of our brain -- Brain facts -- Brain metaphors -- Types of memory -- Remembering and recalling -- Left brain versus right brain -- Dreaming -- Mirroring -- ch. 4. We people -- Some observations -- Information behavior -- Information behavior theories -- Conclusion.
pt. II. In practice -- ch. 5. Information profile -- A person's background -- Information aptitude -- Information attitude -- Information handling -- Conclusion -- ch. 6. Mind your brain -- Sensitive information -- Mixed feelings -- Food for thought -- Brain muscles -- ch. 7. Brain at work -- Pay attention -- Remember to remember -- Remember to forget -- Stop! -- ch. 8. The information brain -- Search and find -- Save everything -- Order, please -- Filter -- Information planning -- ch. 9. Information at work -- Learn smarter -- Information productivity -- Smart information workers -- Technology smart -- ch. 10. Clever communication -- Communicate information -- Storytelling -- Picture perfect -- Navigating the information sea -- ch. 11. People at work -- Smart people -- Managing information workers -- Timing is everything -- Seasoned citizens.
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