Less Input and More "Innerput": Take Time to Internalize Information

The Web, the internet, and all of the new media that has sprung from them , have been a boon to the information age, making information available at our fingertips instantaneously. The sheer volume of information now accessible on line is staggering. As of a few weeks ago, there were more than 21 billion pages on the Web, as indexed by Google. Information continues to become more available to more people in less time — from web sites to email to RSS feeds to Twitter, we have input at an unprecedented rate and volume.

Ironically, as the frequency of information grows, the length of messages shrinks (e.g., Twitter’s 140-character limit. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing; think of haiku). And, amazingly, the vast majority of this information is free.

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