Results tagged “attention” from Knowledge Jolt with Jack

"It's official: The average knowledge worker has the attention span of a sparrow." But the solution isn't through technology alone.

One of my masters students happened to dredge up a quote from Herbert Simon that nails the problem of information overload. The focus of the quote is on attention, but that is the problem of information overload.

The Out There Presentation (pdf) by Attention Company has been getting some attention in the past week. They discuss the characteristics of people who are active in online conversations and communities.

Kris Olson at Wiki That suggests that "What's Missing Is a 'Home' for Groups" in response to Clive Thompson's life hacking article. I suspect wiki's aren't quite enough, and I don't know where we will end up.