October 11, 2010 – Everyone has seen the commercial on television. Someone asks a simple question, and then everyone in the crowd starts spewing forth all these facts that have been found via the Internet. This makes for some very clever and funny advertising, but let’s face it. Information overload is a real problem. The magic formula is to deliver the right information to the right people who are searching, at the right time. Sound simple enough, but how many avenues have you been down yourself just because you are looking for a certain recipe for brownies? In a closer look found here, some of the problems that contribute to information overload are discussed.
These include defining findability, an object-centric perspective, an actor-centric perspective, and filters that promote findability. Interesting read.
Glenn Black
Sponsored by Data Harmony, a unit of Access Innovations, the world leader in indexing and making content findable.
