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www.eluma.com.© 2006 Eluma, All rights reserved. Eluma Company Confidential

Surviving - And Thriving - Amidst Information Overload

9-18-08

Paul H.P Christen, CTO, Eluma paul.christen@eluma.com

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Introduction• What is Information Overload?• Consequences• History• Best Practices• Tools• On The Horizon• Discussion

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What is Information Overload

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Information Overload• Inbound – Inability to consume data• Organizational – Inability to keep found things

found• Outbound – Lost opportunities to share

information

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Consequences • Paralyzing• Increased Stress• Lowered IQ Points• Loss of Sleep• Wasted Time• Lost Productivity = $650B*

*In the US alone, in 2008, according to Basex

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Spectrum of Users

Overwhelmed! InformationJunkie

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History• Books, magazines, newspapers• Usenet, websites• RSS• Better RSS• …

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Best Practices• Don’t Unplug Feeds• Don’t Delete• Organize Everything• Self-Discipline

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ToolsCollect, organize, view, share from a minimum number of places, and…Easily find new sources, recommendation,s collaborative filtering

Requirements:• “Good” UI• Handles everything (Websites [Facebook, Twitter, Digg, …], RSS feeds, …)• Online and Offline Access• Annotations• Tags AND Folders AND …• Rules Based Filters• Alerts• Sharing/Forwarding• Integrated…and…• Recommendation Engine(s)

– Digg (beta), StumbleUpon, …

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On The Horizon• One Size Fits All• Wisdom of Crowds• Collaborative Filtering

• Personal Filters and Recommendations

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Thank You!

Questions?

Paul H.P. Christen a.k.a. “PaulC”paul.christen@eluma.com

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