Dann sei Ihnen das neue Buch von Mark Hurst mit dem vielsagenden Titel: Bit Literacy: Productivity in the Age of Information and E-mail Overload ans Herz gelegt. Es könnte so etwas wie die neue Bibel des Information Workers werden.

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... Bits have unique properties, then, that we can use to our advantage: they're super-small, super-fast, easily acquired and created and copied and shared in near-infinite quantity, protected from the ravages of time, and free from the limitations of distance and space. In practice, though, bits reveal several paradoxes: they're weightless, but they weigh us down; they don't take up any space, but they always seem to pile up; they're created in an instant, but they can last forever; they move quickly, but they can waste our time.

Hier geht es offensichtlich um weit mehr als um eine übersichtliche Inbox. Hier geht es darum, wie wir mit Information umgehen - ob wir uns von Daten terrorisieren lassen, oder ob wir uns zutrauen, unserem eigenen Rhythmus Gehör zu schenken. Ob wir Getriebene sind oder selbst das Tempo bestimmen. Ob wir immer errichbar sein müssen oder den Mut haben, auch einmal abzuschalten.

Some people mistakenly try to engage all the bits, all the time, with an "always-on" lifestyle. For example, a familiar sight in airports these days is Busy Man. He's the one with the latest device in hand, scrolling through messages, or barking into a cell phone as he dashes through the terminal, oblivious to everyone and everything around him - the picture of stress and anxiety. On some level, Busy Man likes acting this way because it proves he's important. The more bits he drowns in, the more urgent his work becomes; and urgency, to him, equates to importance. It also offers him a good excuse if he misses a meeting or acts rudely - he was "maxed out," after all, when it happened. Despite how it may appear, working in such a way is neither effective nor sustainable. Urgency and haste are not the way to manage bits properly.

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posted by Wolfgang Tonninger