Comments on: Information That’s Not Written Down http://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2008/05/05/information-thats-not-written-down/ Startups, Entrepreneurs, and Consultants Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:00:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Top Down Selection: Sifting For Quality Information | Leveraging Ideas http://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2008/05/05/information-thats-not-written-down/comment-page-1/#comment-86677 Top Down Selection: Sifting For Quality Information | Leveraging Ideas Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:54:24 +0000 http://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2008/05/05/information-thats-not-written-down/#comment-86677 [...] Clearly there is more tech information available than one can reasonably consume in a day, or a lifetime. I have already shared how my information consumption habits have shifted to my reading hundreds of micro hunks of content, streamed to me throughout the day, a concept I’m basing a company around. Clearly, this is a trend with legs. Stowe calls this state of mind, having a Tabbed Cerebral Cortex after reading how Amanda Mooney processes information. Likewise, Howard Rheingold is conducting in-class experiments to see how ‘multitasking’ is affecting his students cognition as they read blogs and IM during his lectures. But don’t be fooled. This trend is not all good. Sean Murphy has a great follow-up post to mine serving as a solid counter argument to the benefits of the attention economy. [...] [...] Clearly there is more tech information available than one can reasonably consume in a day, or a lifetime. I have already shared how my information consumption habits have shifted to my reading hundreds of micro hunks of content, streamed to me throughout the day, a concept I’m basing a company around. Clearly, this is a trend with legs. Stowe calls this state of mind, having a Tabbed Cerebral Cortex after reading how Amanda Mooney processes information. Likewise, Howard Rheingold is conducting in-class experiments to see how ‘multitasking’ is affecting his students cognition as they read blogs and IM during his lectures. But don’t be fooled. This trend is not all good. Sean Murphy has a great follow-up post to mine serving as a solid counter argument to the benefits of the attention economy. [...]

]]> By: Sam http://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2008/05/05/information-thats-not-written-down/comment-page-1/#comment-42622 Sam Mon, 05 May 2008 14:45:49 +0000 http://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2008/05/05/information-thats-not-written-down/#comment-42622 Hi Sean, thanks for resurfacing this great exchange! The only additional thing I would add is that often I often defer to blogs rather than say networking at a conference because it's a way of self-selecting the brightest/outgoing minds. I've repeatedly found much more value in establishing connections with persons willing to expose their thoughts publicly (bloggers). Those people willing to take the time to think threw their ideas, and start a new dialogue are the true thought leaders and people I've found most helpful to my professional career. Sam Hi Sean, thanks for resurfacing this great exchange!

The only additional thing I would add is that often I often defer to blogs rather than say networking at a conference because it’s a way of self-selecting the brightest/outgoing minds.

I’ve repeatedly found much more value in establishing connections with persons willing to expose their thoughts publicly (bloggers). Those people willing to take the time to think threw their ideas, and start a new dialogue are the true thought leaders and people I’ve found most helpful to my professional career.

Sam

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