Information Overload: BarCamp Nashville (#bcn10)

BARCAMP NASHVILLE 2010 INFORMATION OVERLOAD Why and how you should ﬁlter out noise to unearth relevant and meaningful information #bcn10overload

WHO WE ARE Nate Baker Director of Technical Support SiteMason @nathanTbaker Chip Hayner Director of Production Centresource Interactive Agency @chayner #bcn10overload

IT'S NOT A PARTY TILL IT HAS A HASHTAG Feel free to discuss, share links, and ask questions using the hashtag: #bcn10overload Ex: "By the beards of Nate and Chip! Do you feel that surge of knowledge in the room? #bcn10overload" We'll preemptively answer one FAQ: Yes, our beards are awesome. They help establish our credibility. And no, it's not just facial hair, it's a lifestyle. Next. #bcn10overload

THE STREAM OF INFORMATION #bcn10overload

WHY IS INFORMATION OVERLOAD BAD? How much information do you really need? The truly important information can get lost Too much information at once can become indigestible and can freeze you. You’re less interesting when your cultural lens runs as deep as a day. Get off Twitter and read a book. #bcn10overload

DEEPER WAYS TO THINK ABOUT INFORMATION OVERLOAD from 5 people smarter than you

DEEPER WAYS TO THINK ABOUT INFORMATION OVERLOAD Neil Postman What we needed to know about cars —as we need to know about computers, television, and other technology—is not how to use them, but how they use us. Via “End of Education” #bcn10overload

DEEPER WAYS TO THINK ABOUT INFORMATION OVERLOAD 37Signals Recognize and combat barriers to efﬁciency in the traditional workplace Minimize interruptions Meetings are toxic #bcn10overload

DEEPER WAYS TO THINK ABOUT INFORMATION OVERLOAD Chris Anderson “Inventory is 'non-rivolrous' on the Web and the ratio of good to bad is simply a signal-to- noise problem, solvable with information tools. Which is to say it’s not much of a problem at all.You just need better ﬁlters. In other words, the noise is still out there, but Google allows you to effectively ignore it. Filters rule!” Via “The Long Tail” #bcn10overload

DEEPER WAYS TO THINK ABOUT INFORMATION OVERLOAD David Allen Your mind is not an efﬁcient storage device. There are better places to put information. Is what you are doing right now tied to one of your goals? (website project, loving people, re-energizing...) #bcn10overload

DEEPER WAYS TO THINK ABOUT INFORMATION OVERLOAD Merlin Mann You should eventually get to the point where your productivity system is like your coffee cup and you're thinking much more about drinking the coffee out of it rather than the cup itself. Via “43 Folders Podcast” #bcn10overload

DEEPER WAYS TO THINK ABOUT INFORMATION OVERLOAD Don't worry... We'll be posting links and recommending reading online: NateNews.com/bcn10 #bcn10overload

FULLY TURNING OFF THE SPIGOT ...and how you can still survive!

TURNING OFF THE SPIGOT Tech fasting! Why you would turn off a technology? Understand a technology's positive and negative affects. Create time to explore other technologies or to focus on meaningful things. Learn from experimentation and see things from a different angle. #bcn10overload

TURNING OFF THE SPIGOT How to Tech Fast: Examples: 1. Select a Technology I'll turn my phone off 2. Deﬁne the fast during meals on the 3. Set the frequency weekend. I'll not use Facebook and Twitter outside of work Do it. I dare you! for the ﬁrst week of every Get started at TechFasting.com. month. #bcn10overload

TURNING OFF THE SPIGOT Never forget that being away from things often gives you the energy to do the thing you’re taking a break from. #bcn10overload

SLOWLY TURNING THE SPIGOT BACK ON... Being highly efﬁcient with information consumption while keeping a life / work balance

SLOWLY TURNING THE SPIGOT BACK ON Set aside “time zones” for different activities Develop processes and strategies around receiving thoughtful / ﬁltered information Create ﬁlters so the information you consume is the information you care about #bcn10overload

PRACTICAL APPLICATION Processes and Strategies

PRACTICAL APPLICATION TWITTER / FACEBOOK: LISTS Lists help organize and ﬁlter your streams Categorize by people group or topic Focuses reading to reduce “stream schizophrenia” Examples: Coworkers / Family / High School Friends Sports Feeds / News Feeds / Marketing Gurus #bcn10overload

PRACTICAL APPLICATION TWITTER / FACEBOOK: TEXT NOTIFICATIONS Send your “always read” posts to your phone. Reduces the need to have streams constantly open Depending on your phone settings, you could “collect” these texts until you have a chance to read them, or just read them as they come. Note: Unlimited texting plans help! #bcn10overload

PRACTICAL APPLICATION EMAIL INBOX: BACN FOLDER "Bacn" is better than spam, but not as good as a personal email. (Via PodCamp Pittsburgh, 2007) Create a "bacn" email ﬁlter for email you want but not right now: your social media notiﬁcations, newsletters, and Google alerts... #bcn10overload

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITY Anyone willing to help out quickly?

PRACTICAL APPLICATION EMAIL INBOX: SUPERNICK / PRIORITY INBOX http://chip.mx/supernick Limit the amount that you view your inbox Prioritize / ﬁlter emails based on importance and response required Original Post: Have separate views for http://chip.mx/supernick-slides each priority level #bcn10overload

PRACTICAL APPLICATION GOOGLE READER Setup: Find blogs that interest you, but don’t overlap too much in content Categorize blogs based on topic Set to “list view” #bcn10overload

PRACTICAL APPLICATION GOOGLE READER Scanning: Scan headlines for interesting posts, previewing items to see if they’re short enough to read quickly Star items that can’t be read quickly “Mark all as Read” (Shift-A) #bcn10overload

PRACTICAL APPLICATION GOOGLE READER Reading: Go to your starred items Read all items, moving through items with [j] (next) and [k] (previous) When ﬁnished, you can unstar [s], share [shift-s], add a note [shift-n], or send it somewhere (Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Email, etc) [shift-t] #bcn10overload

PRACTICAL APPLICATION GOOGLE READER: ADD-ON APPLICATIONS Reeder (iOS Devices) $2.99 iPhone / $4.99 iPad Syncs with Google Reader Fast “swipe to star” Easily share, send to Twitter, etc #bcn10overload

PRACTICAL APPLICATION GOOGLE READER: ADD-ON APPLICATIONS Instapaper (Web, iOS, Kindle) FREE / $4.99 “Pro” App Greatly simplifies reading environment by removing ads, etc. Syncs for offline reading (great for iPads on flights) Integration with many apps NORMAL INSTAPAPER #bcn10overload

YOU’VE GOT QUESTIONS? (We’ve got answers...)

CONTACT US! Nate Baker: @nathanTbaker Chip Hayner: @chayner Presentation Slides and Notes: NateNews.com/bcn10 #bcn10overload

Information Overload: BarCamp Nashville (#bcn10)

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