Comments on: Twitter Information Overload http://www.garydcohen.com/2008/12/twitter-information-overload/ The Pursuit of Experience, Community and Engagement - Marketing, Sales, Social Media and things that interest Gary Cohen Mon, 05 Sep 2011 06:43:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Scott http://www.garydcohen.com/2008/12/twitter-information-overload/comment-page-1/#comment-481 Scott Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:20:09 +0000 http://www.garydcohen.com/?p=329#comment-481 Gary: thanks for sharing the various thoughts, tips and resources. I use a brute force method to deal with information feeds. Ideally I would spend a few minutes (e.g., 60) reading the various RSS feeds I get. Doesn't work that way and I get behind. So I do weekly marathon readings where I spend a couple of hours browsing the titles and reading the ones I want. Not very efficient, but it does tend to make me appreciate the value of time, and the meaning of "information" (e.g., something useful that drives action). Gary: thanks for sharing the various thoughts, tips and resources.

I use a brute force method to deal with information feeds. Ideally I would spend a few minutes (e.g., 60) reading the various RSS feeds I get. Doesn’t work that way and I get behind. So I do weekly marathon readings where I spend a couple of hours browsing the titles and reading the ones I want. Not very efficient, but it does tend to make me appreciate the value of time, and the meaning of “information” (e.g., something useful that drives action).

]]> By: Gary http://www.garydcohen.com/2008/12/twitter-information-overload/comment-page-1/#comment-458 Gary Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:29:26 +0000 http://www.garydcohen.com/?p=329#comment-458 @ Curtis - It is addictive and the more you get the harder it is to stay away. I find incredible value in the links and in some of the discussions. @Josh - What I did not add to the chart was all of the comments and the links in the comments on the blogs that the tweets referred to. If i did, I am certain I visited over 100 sites in the 12 hours. MANY of which i would not have found without the links. @ Curtis – It is addictive and the more you get the harder it is to stay away. I find incredible value in the links and in some of the discussions.
@Josh – What I did not add to the chart was all of the comments and the links in the comments on the blogs that the tweets referred to. If i did, I am certain I visited over 100 sites in the 12 hours. MANY of which i would not have found without the links.

]]> By: Gary http://www.garydcohen.com/2008/12/twitter-information-overload/comment-page-1/#comment-457 Gary Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:25:08 +0000 http://www.garydcohen.com/?p=329#comment-457 @ Bert - Thanks for the post at http://www.bertdecker.com/experience/2008/12/why-and-how-to-use-twitter.html. The grouping is helpful. This is my 2nd go around on Twitter. I like many did not get it first time around. I do know. It is very hard to control the volume and your grouping made a huge difference. @Ann I think the next post about this is about the tiering of Twitter engagement. It is addictive but it can be all consuming. The challenge is about taking the phenomenal value and being able to give back. I understand we have two ears and one mouth and that we should listen twice as much as we speak, but a conversation is two way, and the bandwidth IMHO is limited. This was 13 people - and honestly, it took a a few hours to follow the trail. I have tried to manage who I follow but do not want to be a Twitter "snob" - but I am not sure how to handle hundreds of followers other than to respond to a few or to go the one way broadcast route or the passive one way TV route and all 3 are unappealing. As for the bubblecomment, It is so new I am not sure if it is "freaky or freakin great" as David Armano said today on Twitter. I just sent Bubble comments to the 11 of the 13 that follow me. You can't send a bubble to a non-follower. Delicate balance - used right I think it is a good personal way to connect, but it could soon be a ridiculous amount of spam and very intrusive. @Jay Thanks for the tip. I try to setup time for email and v-mail. While working in banking a number of years ago, I used to get 200+ emails a day. The notification beeping on my pc interrupted all day. Once I turned the notification off and setup times for email in the morning and the afternoon and then cleared out the balance at night, I was okay. So I will start to do that with Twitter. Thanks! Of course the skeptics will say just unfollow everyone except those you really want to follow. That way you can manage the volume and what you see. Sounds like an ostrich with a head in the ground! Perhaps I will do a followup at some point on aggregating tips for dealing with Twitter volume. @ Bert – Thanks for the post at http://www.bertdecker.com/experience/2008/12/why-and-how-to-use-twitter.html. The grouping is helpful. This is my 2nd go around on Twitter. I like many did not get it first time around. I do know. It is very hard to control the volume and your grouping made a huge difference.

@Ann I think the next post about this is about the tiering of Twitter engagement. It is addictive but it can be all consuming. The challenge is about taking the phenomenal value and being able to give back. I understand we have two ears and one mouth and that we should listen twice as much as we speak, but a conversation is two way, and the bandwidth IMHO is limited. This was 13 people – and honestly, it took a a few hours to follow the trail. I have tried to manage who I follow but do not want to be a Twitter “snob” – but I am not sure how to handle hundreds of followers other than to respond to a few or to go the one way broadcast route or the passive one way TV route and all 3 are unappealing. As for the bubblecomment, It is so new I am not sure if it is “freaky or freakin great” as David Armano said today on Twitter. I just sent Bubble comments to the 11 of the 13 that follow me. You can’t send a bubble to a non-follower. Delicate balance – used right I think it is a good personal way to connect, but it could soon be a ridiculous amount of spam and very intrusive.

@Jay Thanks for the tip. I try to setup time for email and v-mail. While working in banking a number of years ago, I used to get 200+ emails a day. The notification beeping on my pc interrupted all day. Once I turned the notification off and setup times for email in the morning and the afternoon and then cleared out the balance at night, I was okay. So I will start to do that with Twitter. Thanks!

Of course the skeptics will say just unfollow everyone except those you really want to follow. That way you can manage the volume and what you see. Sounds like an ostrich with a head in the ground! Perhaps I will do a followup at some point on aggregating tips for dealing with Twitter volume.

]]> By: Josh Asbury http://www.garydcohen.com/2008/12/twitter-information-overload/comment-page-1/#comment-456 Josh Asbury Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:22:31 +0000 http://www.garydcohen.com/?p=329#comment-456 Great idea, Gary. I have been using Twitter more and more as my news feed since I simply don't have time to read all of the blogs that I enjoy reading. Those that I follow/trust recommend stuff, and I tend to follow. Now, I still have a manageable number of people that I follow, but I can see that will become cumbersome over time. With that said, I might do a Freemind some day just to see where Twitter takes me. Great idea, Gary. I have been using Twitter more and more as my news feed since I simply don’t have time to read all of the blogs that I enjoy reading. Those that I follow/trust recommend stuff, and I tend to follow. Now, I still have a manageable number of people that I follow, but I can see that will become cumbersome over time.
With that said, I might do a Freemind some day just to see where Twitter takes me.

]]> By: Curtis R. Curtis http://www.garydcohen.com/2008/12/twitter-information-overload/comment-page-1/#comment-455 Curtis R. Curtis Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:13:25 +0000 http://www.garydcohen.com/?p=329#comment-455 tooooo much information. Must shut down......ok just one more tweet but then must shut down. I think Ann said it all. tooooo much information. Must shut down……ok just one more tweet but then must shut down. I think Ann said it all.

]]> By: Jay Ehret http://www.garydcohen.com/2008/12/twitter-information-overload/comment-page-1/#comment-454 Jay Ehret Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:01:42 +0000 http://www.garydcohen.com/?p=329#comment-454 You touched a Twitter nerve, Gary. I use Twitter in combination with my Google Reader Feeds to overload my brain. The key is to be disciplined. @scottweisbrod shared a tip with me that has changed the way I click and read. I try to limit my reading time to two times per day. I will collect links for those times. Then I choose the best of those, usually 5-10, to read and close all the rest. Thanks for mapping out the possibilities. You touched a Twitter nerve, Gary. I use Twitter in combination with my Google Reader Feeds to overload my brain. The key is to be disciplined. @scottweisbrod shared a tip with me that has changed the way I click and read. I try to limit my reading time to two times per day. I will collect links for those times. Then I choose the best of those, usually 5-10, to read and close all the rest.

Thanks for mapping out the possibilities.

]]> By: Ann Handley http://www.garydcohen.com/2008/12/twitter-information-overload/comment-page-1/#comment-453 Ann Handley Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:59:59 +0000 http://www.garydcohen.com/?p=329#comment-453 Pretty incredible, Gary... and very interesting. This gets tougher with larger numbers, though, I'm sure. I've used Tweetdeck to manage my experience, but in the end more often than not simply manage it through search.twitter.com, as well as random drive-by... (although I'm not sure that actually qualifies as "managing.") As for the bubble comment here, I'm both freaked AND awed!! And entertained! Great stuff. ; ) Pretty incredible technology....isn't it? Pretty incredible, Gary… and very interesting. This gets tougher with larger numbers, though, I’m sure. I’ve used Tweetdeck to manage my experience, but in the end more often than not simply manage it through search.twitter.com, as well as random drive-by… (although I’m not sure that actually qualifies as “managing.”)

As for the bubble comment here, I’m both freaked AND awed!! And entertained! Great stuff. ; ) Pretty incredible technology….isn’t it?

]]> By: Bert Decker http://www.garydcohen.com/2008/12/twitter-information-overload/comment-page-1/#comment-452 Bert Decker Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:47:14 +0000 http://www.garydcohen.com/?p=329#comment-452 Great post. Insightful. YOU manage! What I do is use TweetDeck and have an A, B and C grouping, with most important, interesting, and 'if I have time' respectively. I'll always check back at the A, and usually the B, now and then the C. When a free moment go back to the Twitter stream, which feeds A, B and C. And of course, those who begin blathering go back to the stream. You are in the A! Thanks, Bert Great post. Insightful. YOU manage!
What I do is use TweetDeck and have an A, B and C grouping, with most important, interesting, and ‘if I have time’ respectively. I’ll always check back at the A, and usually the B, now and then the C. When a free moment go back to the Twitter stream, which feeds A, B and C. And of course, those who begin blathering go back to the stream.
You are in the A!
Thanks,
Bert

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