Comments on: Read, read, read – how to survive 8727km from Silicon Valley http://jussilaakkonen.wordpress.com/2009/03/16/read-read-read-how-to-survive-8727km-from-silicon-valley/ Jussi Laakkonen's blog Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:05:12 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: jussilaakkonen http://jussilaakkonen.wordpress.com/2009/03/16/read-read-read-how-to-survive-8727km-from-silicon-valley/#comment-261 jussilaakkonen Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:28:21 +0000 http://jussilaakkonen.wordpress.com/?p=245#comment-261 Keta, unfortunately I don't have good suggestions on how to manage the information overload. I've yet to see a filtering system that would really work (i.e. show all the great stuff I want to see and hide the rest, while letting me discover new stuff I didn't know I wanted to read previously). My method is simply to very quickly skim the "All items" list in Google Reader, and open up new tabs for each post I'm interested in reading. Depending on the day I get around 300-500 posts from the above sources. Of that roughly 35% are duplicates (blogs posting the same news), another 35% are not really relevant (e.g. peHub posting about a cleantech investment) and 25% is semi-interesting and the final 5% (=15-30 articles) is something I really pay attention to. I do get discouraged after a conference when I have a couple thousand unread items ;-). Keta, unfortunately I don’t have good suggestions on how to manage the information overload. I’ve yet to see a filtering system that would really work (i.e. show all the great stuff I want to see and hide the rest, while letting me discover new stuff I didn’t know I wanted to read previously).

My method is simply to very quickly skim the “All items” list in Google Reader, and open up new tabs for each post I’m interested in reading. Depending on the day I get around 300-500 posts from the above sources. Of that roughly 35% are duplicates (blogs posting the same news), another 35% are not really relevant (e.g. peHub posting about a cleantech investment) and 25% is semi-interesting and the final 5% (=15-30 articles) is something I really pay attention to.

I do get discouraged after a conference when I have a couple thousand unread items ;-).

]]> By: Keta http://jussilaakkonen.wordpress.com/2009/03/16/read-read-read-how-to-survive-8727km-from-silicon-valley/#comment-260 Keta Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:03:21 +0000 http://jussilaakkonen.wordpress.com/?p=245#comment-260 Awesome post. But I would love to get a conversation on the best tools and methods to keep track of this amazing amount of data that we look to digest in a day when we are trying to keep up with the fire hydrant. It can almost become a full time job keeping up with the related news to an internet industry without a good work flow. Do you have any tools and suggestions? Awesome post. But I would love to get a conversation on the best tools and methods to keep track of this amazing amount of data that we look to digest in a day when we are trying to keep up with the fire hydrant.

It can almost become a full time job keeping up with the related news to an internet industry without a good work flow. Do you have any tools and suggestions?

]]> By: jussilaakkonen http://jussilaakkonen.wordpress.com/2009/03/16/read-read-read-how-to-survive-8727km-from-silicon-valley/#comment-229 jussilaakkonen Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:02:01 +0000 http://jussilaakkonen.wordpress.com/?p=245#comment-229 More great reads on Jon's blog here http://bit.ly/17fM0G More great reads on Jon’s blog here http://bit.ly/17fM0G

]]> By: jussilaakkonen http://jussilaakkonen.wordpress.com/2009/03/16/read-read-read-how-to-survive-8727km-from-silicon-valley/#comment-209 jussilaakkonen Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:35:48 +0000 http://jussilaakkonen.wordpress.com/?p=245#comment-209 Scott, love the Lookery blog for the detailed analysis and your personal blog for the sharp insights! Scott, love the Lookery blog for the detailed analysis and your personal blog for the sharp insights!

]]> By: Scott Rafer http://jussilaakkonen.wordpress.com/2009/03/16/read-read-read-how-to-survive-8727km-from-silicon-valley/#comment-208 Scott Rafer Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:48:15 +0000 http://jussilaakkonen.wordpress.com/?p=245#comment-208 Thanks for including us. Thanks for including us.

]]> By: jussilaakkonen http://jussilaakkonen.wordpress.com/2009/03/16/read-read-read-how-to-survive-8727km-from-silicon-valley/#comment-202 jussilaakkonen Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:20:54 +0000 http://jussilaakkonen.wordpress.com/?p=245#comment-202 ;-) Goes to show that English isn't my native language. By opinionated I was trying to convey "strong opinions & not afraid speak out". Way too many blogs are devoid of opinions, and T=Machine stands out in a great way because of the personality you put into it. See you at GDC! ;-) Goes to show that English isn’t my native language. By opinionated I was trying to convey “strong opinions & not afraid speak out”. Way too many blogs are devoid of opinions, and T=Machine stands out in a great way because of the personality you put into it.

See you at GDC!

]]> By: Adam http://jussilaakkonen.wordpress.com/2009/03/16/read-read-read-how-to-survive-8727km-from-silicon-valley/#comment-198 Adam Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:59:14 +0000 http://jussilaakkonen.wordpress.com/?p=245#comment-198 Moi? Opinionated? Say it ain't so! "opinionated 1. Holding to one's own opinion, [b]obstinately, stubbornly and unreasonably[/b]" - http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/opinionated LOL. Thanks for the thumbs up! See you next week. Moi? Opinionated? Say it ain’t so!

“opinionated
1. Holding to one’s own opinion, [b]obstinately, stubbornly and unreasonably[/b]” – http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/opinionated

LOL. Thanks for the thumbs up! See you next week.

]]> By: jussilaakkonen http://jussilaakkonen.wordpress.com/2009/03/16/read-read-read-how-to-survive-8727km-from-silicon-valley/#comment-195 jussilaakkonen Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:41:57 +0000 http://jussilaakkonen.wordpress.com/?p=245#comment-195 Benjamin, keep those amazing reports & slidedecks coming and I just might have to move from <B> to <H1> ;-). Benjamin, keep those amazing reports & slidedecks coming and I just might have to move from <B> to <H1> ;-).

]]> By: Benjamin http://jussilaakkonen.wordpress.com/2009/03/16/read-read-read-how-to-survive-8727km-from-silicon-valley/#comment-194 Benjamin Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:02:57 +0000 http://jussilaakkonen.wordpress.com/?p=245#comment-194 Hey thanks for bolding us - we are quite a few miles from Silicon Valley too :-) Hey thanks for bolding us – we are quite a few miles from Silicon Valley too :-)

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