Monday, July 25, 2011

Curated Series - Tips, Statistics and Wisdom

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As well as building the Unified Inbox software product , we are currently curating three Twitter series.  If you would like to receive these daily - please follow us on Twitter:

  • Tips for dealing with information and email overload
  • Stats - all the numbers you ever wanted to see about email, internet and information
  • Wisdom - because sometimes in amongst the information overload, we all need to take a step back and reflect.
Tips
  • Work Your Profit Margin http://cot.ag/ntgTDJ Advice for entrepreneurs including information management. 
  • 6 tips for managing remote workers http://cot.ag/p3nfjn Make information tools work for you, not against.
  • 10 Tips for Easing Information Overload http://cot.ag/nxGVoA Tips from Jonathan Spira new book.
  • I'm Never Quitting Email http://cot.ag/pXwZBJ One persons thoughts on how they cope with email.
  • The secret to managing your email http://cot.ag/oqTKMa Useful list of email management techniques.
  • 4 Reasons Why Email Overload Is Your Own Fault http://cot.ag/nYiiId Widely retweeted post.
  • 4 Strategies to Avoid the Social Media Time Drain http://cot.ag/qPDL7j Quote: "social media is a seductive mistress."
Statistics
  • 530 million internet users speak English, the 2nd most common language is Chinese with 444 million users http://cot.ag/rj3kVG
  • 49% of managers believe the workplace is suffering from information overload. http://cot.ag/kQUwel
  • 10 years ago, 8% of the worlds population used the internet, that figure is now 30% http://cot.ag/pp4Bch
  • 1.8zb of info created in 2011. 1.8zb = 200 billion 120 min long HD movies. Would take 47 million yrs to watch. http://cot.ag/jJgn2o
Wisdom:
  • What you are doesn't age.  - Michael Jeffreys
  • A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool. - William Shakespeare
  • Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time -Theodore Roosevelt 
  • A meditative mind is at ease because it's not trying to acquire anything. - Adyashanti

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