Info Overwhelm
Too Much Information
- Printing press
- Email
- Social media
- Big data
- Publication exploration
- Easier to spread
- Increasing population
- More knowledge creators
- Easier to publish (Internet, gutenberg)
- Social media
- Virtual reality
- Noisy environment - lots of browser windows open
Inboxes
- Slack / Teams
- Social media
- Email
Types Of Information
- Diversity
- Complexity
- Novelty
- Relevancy
- Quality
- Redundant
- Contradictory
- “Context-free” information
Pervasive and Pushed Information
- Notifications (text messages, app notifications, calls, alarms, reminders)
- Inboxes (email, social media)
- Smart mobile devices that are always with us
- Never-ending scrolling
Information Handling
- “Siloed” information
- Unconnected information
- Unindexed information
- Ineffective searching procedures
Other
- Gender
- Age
- Digital vs Physical
- Personality style
- Beliefs/knowledge in domain
- More information than expected
Related Pag
Coping Tools
Cognitive Capacity
- Working memory
- Limited information processing capacity per time unit
- Decision fatigue / self-discipline
- Emotional fatigue (overwhelm, FOMO)
Resources
- Limited time (time pressure)
Emotion
Info Architecture / UX
- Encyclopedia
- Dictionary
- Map
- Diagram
- Index
- Page numbering
- Alphabetical order
Technological