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Information Obesity
Roland Piquepaille writes "How many phone calls, emails, voicemails, memos or stories do you have to go through every day? Probably more than last year. And probably too much. This article from the Sydney Morning Herald looks at this problem of information overload and how to deal with it. Here is a quick and not well-known fact: Website content management author Gerry McGovern says that something like 70 per cent of most websites goes unread. Despite that, when putting content on the web, "rarely do we ask the question: is anybody interested in reading that?" Good point. Check this column for a summary if you don't have time -- and who has? -- to read the original article."
Is that what all those stories last year about 23% of all Americans being obese were really about??
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Exactly what I was thinking, subreality. Total "I am so not interested". And don't get me started on all those stupid bloggers with their today-I-stubbed-my-toe-on-a-threshold-stupid-thres holds blogs.
Then again, why am I replying to this?
Who has time to read the article? I have to put up another webpage about my cat!
In Soviet Rush, today's Tom Sawyer gets high on you.
that 70% of all wesites now are blogs
Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth
What truth?
There is no dupe
when putting content on the web, "rarely do we ask the question: is anybody interested in reading that?"
Is anybody really intersted in this?
For all intensive purposes, "whom" is no longer a word. That begs the question, "who cares"?
something like 70 per cent of most websites goes unread
don't you mean, we're not the only ones not reading the articles?
i am a comment you will never, ever read
if you are reading this, then you have entered the ironic realm of self-referential commentary
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
I'm not quite sure what I'm replying to (I just skimmed it) but I'm quite sure that I'm right and the poster is mistaken; he's either a liberal or a conservative and wrong either way. Plus he's an MS troll. Or a Linux troll. His cat website is cool thought.
Um, if you post your URL here on slashdot, I would guess you will get a lot more hits.
This issue is a bit more complicated than you think.
But my parents always told me I was just information big-boned.
I knew I should have spent more time exercising and less time reading newspapers.
I wonder what percent of people will scroll over that without reading it.
E-enema.
haha i kill me. Mod this down appropriately now.
you mean like:
1.) mmmm, imagine a Beowulf cluster of hot grits IN SOVIET RUSSIA
2.) ???
3.) profit.
No way, you're totally wrong. Far from being encumbered, I'm now enjoying two-handed surfing!
Another day in the office, which, according to one recent study, consists of handling 46 phone calls, 25 emails, 16 voicemails, 23 items of post, eight inter-office memos, 16 faxes and nine mobile phone calls.
Of the 46 phone calls, 45 of them are personal.
Of the 25 emails, 24 of them are FW: FW: FW chains from friends that don't know any better.
Of the 16 voicemails, 15 of them are from the wife trying to find out whether you'd like steak or fish for dinner.
Of the 23 items of post, 22 of them are renewal notices for "Free" copies of InfoWorld or some such sludge.
Of the eight inter-office memos, 7 of them are from the "CEO to all employees" type, telling you to save money by not using so many staples.
16 faxes? Who still uses fax?
9 mobile calls? It's your girl on the side letting you know that the EPT just tested pink.
-jerdenn
1.) In Soviet Russia, beowulf clusters of hot grits imagine YOU! 2.) ??? 3.) profit
Despite that, when putting content on the web, "rarely do we ask the question: is anybody interested in reading that?"
Oh.. kind of like radio.slashdot.org