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In a speech to university graduates over the weekend, President Obama described some of the problems we face with information overload. That the US President struggles with this despite his army of secretaries, assistants and advisors shows just how big the task has become for the rest of us. …

Because Twitter is gaining traction as a business tool, there are a large number of people who are tweeting on behalf of a company or brand. Businesses might use Twitter as a market research tool, a brand sentiment barometer, or as a means of communicating with customers. Some of the on behalf of business include sharing the individual’s name, position with the company, and a little bit of his or her …

North Carolina-based Buckner Steel Erection, with over 30 superintendents overseeing more than 400 employees, offers steel erection services, rigging and crane rental, helping to build everything from hotels to arenas to hotels. Buckner uses approximately 145 BlackBerry Curves with AboutTime Technologies’ mobile time management application to handle all time tracking in the field, replacing a solution …

Prioritizing daily tasks is key to successful time management. When you prioritize, you make sure you accomplish the most important tasks first. Make time management a habit, and your stress level (and your boss’s!) will thank you. Follow this process: 1. Start with a master list. Write down every single task, both mundane and critical, that …

ASHLAND — While staying up all night to study for an exam during finals week is a fairly common occurrence on a university campus, it is not really a good policy, according to an Ashland University professor. ‘It’s not the wisest strategy and there are no data to support all-nighters as a successful way to do homework,’ said Dr. David Vanata, associate professor of family and consumer sciences …

We all struggle with information overload. If somebody would just push a button and turn off the Internet for a year, maybe, maybe, we’d catch up on our work, organize our contacts, and restore our sanity. But instead of turning off the Internet, many of us, perversely, turn to it, the very thing that’s creating the pain, in hopes of relieving it. My version of this: I use a tool called Evernote, a …

A new unit of measurement has been coined to accommodate the deluge of digital information hurtling through our servers. The zettabyte can be likened to every one of Earth’s inhabitants tweeting incessantly for a hundred years. Thanks to the awesome advance of social networking and online video and photo sharing sites, the digital universe is estimated to have grown by 62 per cent last year, according …

Social networks are becoming more popular by the day, with more than 400 million people on Facebook and hundreds of thousands of people following each other on Twitter. The huge popularity of such sites continues to ring alarm bells inside some companies not just for productivity reasons, but also because of security and privacy issues. So, what are some of the top threats on social networks – and …

5/6/2010 – BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Innovation and collaboration. Two buzz words tossed around a lot within the Air Force today. What do they mean to you? For me, these are critical components to mission success. Innovation is the life blood of an organization. Without it, people, processes, and technology become stale and irrelevant. As a result, the mission focus wanes and the pursuit of goals …

(Prudent Press Agency)— My earliest memories from childhood are of brushing my teeth and of looking up at a cracked ceiling. In the first my dad explains how I can tell if my teeth are clean: I’ll hear squeaking, like birds chirping, when I run my finger across the tops of them. In the second I ask my parents why we’re moving, and they point to the fractures in the plaster overhead. Out of …