Comments on: Ahead of the curve! http://mclctechtalk.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/ahead-of-the-curve/ a technology interest group for the library professionals in Maricopa County, AZ Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:57:38 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Anali http://mclctechtalk.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/ahead-of-the-curve/#comment-1212 Anali Tue, 01 May 2007 20:13:14 +0000 http://mclctechtalk.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/ahead-of-the-curve/#comment-1212 Great tip, Louis! I completely agree - it's important to remind yourself that your aggregator is not the boss of you, and hit "Mark all Read" if you feel stressed out! I know I do that with blogs such as <a href="http://www.docuticker.com/" rel="nofollow">Docuticker</a> - which I really like, but there are often up to 200 posts a week - and it really doesn't have that much to do with my actual job. Great tip, Louis! I completely agree – it’s important to remind yourself that your aggregator is not the boss of you, and hit “Mark all Read” if you feel stressed out!

I know I do that with blogs such as Docuticker – which I really like, but there are often up to 200 posts a week – and it really doesn’t have that much to do with my actual job.

]]> By: Louis Howley http://mclctechtalk.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/ahead-of-the-curve/#comment-1190 Louis Howley Tue, 01 May 2007 06:44:06 +0000 http://mclctechtalk.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/ahead-of-the-curve/#comment-1190 I like your 15 minute standard. The important thing is not to stress out if you can't get to your RSS feeds sometimes (unless they are from your boss or significant other or some such!). My cardinal rule in processing information, whether by blog, email, text messaging or voice mail, is that you need to think about how you are going to process the information that you do get. When are you going to hit the delete key? If you get 60 pieces of info in one hour, how are you going to triage those? Can you just say "no" and let a piece of info go? It's like weeding. When you haven't thought about the criteria for weeding in advance of doing it, the going is tough. When you have good criteria, it is easy to do. So if you get RSS feeds, and you can't find the time to look at them on a given day, or you have had a lousy day at work and don't need the stress of pseudo-work at home, hit the delete key. If it's important, the topic will come back up. And if you never hear about that topic again, well, there you go. But keep the feeds coming and look when you can. Trust in serendipity! Louis I like your 15 minute standard. The important thing is not to stress out if you can’t get to your RSS feeds sometimes (unless they are from your boss or significant other or some such!).

My cardinal rule in processing information, whether by blog, email, text messaging or voice mail, is that you need to think about how you are going to process the information that you do get. When are you going to hit the delete key? If you get 60 pieces of info in one hour, how are you going to triage those? Can you just say “no” and let a piece of info go?

It’s like weeding. When you haven’t thought about the criteria for weeding in advance of doing it, the going is tough. When you have good criteria, it is easy to do.

So if you get RSS feeds, and you can’t find the time to look at them on a given day, or you have had a lousy day at work and don’t need the stress of pseudo-work at home, hit the delete key. If it’s important, the topic will come back up. And if you never hear about that topic again, well, there you go. But keep the feeds coming and look when you can.

Trust in serendipity! Louis

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