The document discusses various methods and tools for dealing with information overload. It provides an overview of the historical context of information overload and different responses to it over time, from marginal annotations to encyclopedias. The document then discusses ways to use existing tools like email and calendars more efficiently, as well as methodologies like David Allen's "Getting Things Done" system and practices like social filtering and automatic aggregation to help manage high volumes of information.

1. Handling information overload A workshop on methods, technologies, and a measure of sanity May 2009

14. Antecedents Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Rime of the Ancient Mariner - second edition, 1817 (Virginia e-text)