> ______________________________________________ > From: Cordell, Arthur: ECOM > Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 4:40 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Infomania > > http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue12_8/zeldes/index.html > Infomania: Why we can't afford to ignore it any longer > <http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue12_8/zeldes/index.html> > by Nathan Zeldes, David Sward, and Sigal Louchheim > Infomania is the mental state of continuous stress and distraction > caused by the combination of queued messaging overload and incessant > interruptions. > > The combination of e-mail overload and interruptions is widely > recognized as a major disrupter of knowledge worker productivity and > quality of life, yet few organizations take serious action against it. > This paper makes the case that this action should be a high priority, > by analyzing the severe impact of the problem in both qualitative and > quantitative terms. We attempt to provide sufficient supporting data > from the scientific literature and from corporate surveys to enable > change agents to make the case and convince their organizations to > authorize such action >
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