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A Sip from the Fire Hose: Strategies for Keeping Up with Technology

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Created 2009-08-12 22:45
By : Amanda Etches-Johnson

I received my first email message from an Access reader a couple of months ago. Not only was it an exciting and momentous occasion for me (fan mail!), it also reminded me of an on-going issue with which we all struggle. My reader, let’s call him Harrison, admitted to being interested in technology and all things 2.0, but lamented the fact that he just did not have enough time to keep up with all the new tools, tech, and terminology.

“Information overload” is certainly not a 2.0 problem and Harrison is hardly alone. I’d guess that very few of us feel that we have enough time to consume all the information we need to make us truly informed citizens. So, how do we keep up? Let’s talk strategies.

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