Brevity of message means getting to the ...

Keep the message sharp and to the point There’s a nice piece in the WSJ that discusses how hard it is for papers and magazines to get to the point. Here it is with nice links included: Michael Kinsley, writing in The Atlantic, takes some 1,800 words to argue that newspaper stories are too long, and that Internet stories “get to the point.” Robert MacMillan, writing for...

How to handle information overload...

There are ways to escape information overload. The feeling of being buried by a constant deluge of information is becoming nearly universal. What is one to do about it? A few hints might be saying no more often to random impulses to check sources like email, mobile phones, instant messaging, Web sites, etc. Another way could be to go analog: choose to use a pen and a pad of paper vs. a...

Video traffic projected to cause Web sta...

An AT&T executive projects that the rapid growth of online video, particularly the use of high definition (HD) content, will cause the Internet to reach full capacity by 2010. AT&T’s Jim Ciccioni warned that “the surge in online content is at the center of the most dramatic changes affecting the Internet today. In three years’ time, 20 typical households will...