another one on information overload

In How to Beat Information Overload, Natha Zeldes, president of the Information Overload Research Group (IORG) discusses causes and effects of information overload, in particular as it pertains to email and reports on some solution approaches.

I think this is a problem that has only been getting worse over the past decade, probably much more so over the recent few years that have brought an ever increasing variety of online messaging services, social networks, and so forth.

In general, computer technology should save us time and make us more productive. If the opposite is happening, then there clearly are pain points in dire need of optimization.