Information Overload

I get too much information.

I probably scan 200+ emails/day passing through my Inbox at work (in that I at least check the subject line before I archive it).

I probably read 100 or so emails, in my Inbox or in various folders.

Google has a pretty active internal Buzz community.

I typically read or scan 20-50 bug reports per day.

Outside of work there’s much less: I check Google News a few times per day, I keep up with a much smaller Buzz stream externally.  Sometimes I try to keep up with Google Reader although I should trim down my subscriptions.

I’m surprised I can deal with it, and I wonder what I can do to make it better, besides “cut back on how much mail I let people send to me.”

Not sure where I’m going with this, but sometimes it just feels good to type instead of read.

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