Comments on: Information Overload http://www.hakiri.org/blog/information-overload/ Hacker Lifestyle Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:21:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: pdp http://www.hakiri.org/blog/information-overload/#comment-691 pdp Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:45:50 +0000 http://www.hakiri.org/?p=222#comment-691 Thyme, the only thing that comes to my head that could help reduce the noise is the so called <q>Semantic Web</q> but even then I can easily see how something so good and well defined could turn into another information overload. You are right. Information is power. Especially today. But it is also worth mentioning that more information is not equal to more power. It certainly does not work the way the money system works. Thyme, the only thing that comes to my head that could help reduce the noise is the so called Semantic Web but even then I can easily see how something so good and well defined could turn into another information overload.

You are right. Information is power. Especially today. But it is also worth mentioning that more information is not equal to more power. It certainly does not work the way the money system works.

]]> By: Thyme http://www.hakiri.org/blog/information-overload/#comment-690 Thyme Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:46:15 +0000 http://www.hakiri.org/?p=222#comment-690 Information is power. More info equals greater power. You have to not only eliminate the noise to news ratio but also consolidate the flood of information to a very narrow stream that is focused on the topics of specific to your interest. The TheOnion.com or Slashdot.org have lots of info but it is like a shotgun rambling off on thousands of topics. No focus there except when you drill down to a specific category of topics that interest you. And even then there is a lot of garbage blended in compared to solid facts. SecurityNewsPortal.com provides a focus specifically on security related news. But even within that niche of security news there is room for information overload when you are only interested in topics about vulns, or anonymity or privacy for example. Its great for those who want the full overview of the security scene, but too much noise if you want just news about privacy. But the problem is that when you go to web sites that are specific to some subgroup of a niche, you often are exposed to the information pickings of one webmaster. Even on a topic like anonymity you end up seeing just the info chosen by that webmaster. So information overload is good. The trick is to find the sources that give you the most info that you are interested in with the widest dispersement of sources ( to get the maximum overview ). Information is power. More info equals greater power. You have to not only eliminate the noise to news ratio but also consolidate the flood of information to a very narrow stream that is focused on the topics of specific to your interest.

The TheOnion.com or Slashdot.org have lots of info but it is like a shotgun rambling off on thousands of topics. No focus there except when you drill down to a specific category of topics that interest you. And even then there is a lot of garbage blended in compared to solid facts.

SecurityNewsPortal.com provides a focus specifically on security related news. But even within that niche of security news there is room for information overload when you are only interested in topics about vulns, or anonymity or privacy for example. Its great for those who want the full overview of the security scene, but too much noise if you want just news about privacy.

But the problem is that when you go to web sites that are specific to some subgroup of a niche, you often are exposed to the information pickings of one webmaster. Even on a topic like anonymity you end up seeing just the info chosen by that webmaster.

So information overload is good. The trick is to find the sources that give you the most info that you are interested in with the widest dispersement of sources ( to get the maximum overview ).

]]> By: pdp http://www.hakiri.org/blog/information-overload/#comment-682 pdp Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:27:26 +0000 http://www.hakiri.org/?p=222#comment-682 yes, you have a good point yes, you have a good point

]]> By: ricochet http://www.hakiri.org/blog/information-overload/#comment-680 ricochet Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:08:59 +0000 http://www.hakiri.org/?p=222#comment-680 Personally I beleive we suffer from excessive information overflow. The brain get's tired of always reading, considering commersials and stuff everywhere we go. On the other hand if we are in nature, firstly it's green and calm, it does not flash red and does not try do get our attention with different noises. It's restful. The information is good information, not hyperactive information such as internet, TV or such. / ricochet Personally I beleive we suffer from excessive information overflow. The brain get’s tired of always reading, considering commersials and stuff everywhere we go. On the other hand if we are in nature, firstly it’s green and calm, it does not flash red and does not try do get our attention with different noises. It’s restful. The information is good information, not hyperactive information such as internet, TV or such.

/ ricochet

]]> By: pdp http://www.hakiri.org/blog/information-overload/#comment-678 pdp Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:55:30 +0000 http://www.hakiri.org/?p=222#comment-678 perhaps perhaps

]]> By: Geoffrey Lee http://www.hakiri.org/blog/information-overload/#comment-677 Geoffrey Lee Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:01:47 +0000 http://www.hakiri.org/?p=222#comment-677 I don't think the problem is necessarily information diversity, but rather a low signal-to-noise ratio. I don’t think the problem is necessarily information diversity, but rather a low signal-to-noise ratio.

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