Forget information overload.  I saw it as information suicide.  I’ve learned that Twitter can be a source of up-to-the-second information from around the world.  The daily information I receive is so useful and informative … and it is flavored with the personalities of those who are tweeting.  I am a Johnny-come-lately to the Twitter scene (Twittersphere).  I thought Twitter was nothing more than instant messaging on steroids. 

Thanks to a tweet from Tony Karrer , I came across a fascinating blog post by Teemu Arina on information overload.  It’s was certainly a learning journey . I have been consciously battling information overload by trying to reduce my blog subscriptions and staying away from too many social networking tools.  It has me rethinking my information management strategy… I practically restrained myself from jumping into Twitter without knowing fully what I was getting into and how to “control” it.  (I I finally took the Twitter

Email Dashboard focuses on the problems and solutions to information overload , interruptions, and related issues. (Information Information Overload - WikiPedia ). With the abundance of technology and massive growth of information, we need to avoid loss of focus and attention. Three suggestions: 1. In "3-Minute e-Learning" I focused on the need to present to learners content that is critical to their performance. This is necessary because of the frequent interruptions and preferences of learners to randomly move around whenever they are in online learning.

Articulate’s Facebook page keeps you up-to-date on news and information. The challenge with these tools is that it can be hard for people to manage all of the information. But she felt overwhelmed by all of the information and has started tuning out. Here are five simple ways to manage all of There’s a lot of conversation about social media. And for good reason.

And I think that you can argue that Digg uses a slightly different model. The other part of this thought process is that the feedback on my Top 10 eLearning Predictions for 2010 was that I should have Information Overload and Information Filtering as my user chosen prediction number 10. And that challenge is somewhat hinted at in this month’s big question: Instruction in a Information Snacking Culture? Are the training solutions being produced part of the problem of information overload? How do we shift to a position where we are helping to filter information

Check chat support logs and audio support recordings. 3. Feedback from operations people who have to deliver and maintain products and services often times see the problems first-hand. 4. Leaders and managers who are watching out on how their products and services impact revenues and costs to the company. 5. Exception reports of accidents. 6. Case files documenting services rendered and provided. 7. Focus groups consisting of customers are good sources. 8. Product or software requirements specifications. 9. Product testing results often show persistent