Fighting back against data overload: computer users get too much of a good thing

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Products are appearing that sift through information, selecting out items that users need. Such products range from personalized newsletters to microcomputer-based programs that select stories off news wires. According to Esther Dyson, editor of Release 1.0, 'filtered news is what people want.' Some organizations have systems that sort through news wire information as it comes in; others, which do not need personalized information moment by moment, subscribe to overnight newsletters. Individual Inc uses filtering technology to generate customized electronic newsletters, gathering full text of relevant articles from Reuters, McGraw Hill, United Press International, Kyodo, and others. According to Yosi Amram, founder and president: 'We are operating an information refinery that takes a broad stream of raw data and turns it into actionable knowledge.'

Miscellaneous publishing, Innovations, Services, Newspapers, Newspaper publishing, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Technology application, Electronic publishing, Information management, Newsletters, Electronic Publishing Industry, automatic message handlers, information filters, information refineries, personalized newspapers, Amram, Yosi, Individual Inc.

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Attention Clinton: avoid E-mail overload

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Company presidents say President Clinton should be wary of spending too much time writing and reading electronic-mail (e-mail) messages. E-mail has quickly become an integral part of corporate culture; it is even considered 'macho' to get lots of e-mail messages, according to Lotus Development Pres Jim Manzi. Frye Computer Systems Pres Russell Frye estimates that he spends two to six hours every day on e-mail. 'Junk e-mail' is considered a particularly onerous problem. The Clinton campaign used e-mail extensively, and plans were in place to greatly increase the use of e-mail in the new administration. However, the administration might reconsider those ambitious plans, now that the Bush administration's use of e-mail has become an issue in the Iran-Contra affair.

Planning, Clinton, Bill, Column, Telecommunications systems, Electronic mail systems, E-mail, Email, Corporate culture, Organizational Communications

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Digital directors: take one person, add one computer. The result: one video-production artist

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The development of multimedia technology is making it easier for almost anyone to create a video production with the use of a video camera and a microcomputer. Multimedia technology, which involves the integration of images and sound, is being heavily marketed in the computer industry because the technology requires that users purchase costly equipment, including microcomputers, mass-storage media and color monitors. Industry observers believe that the multimedia market will burgeon in the 1990s since the technology appeals to a wide range of professionals including rock musicians, dentists, corporate executives and wedding photographers.

Computers, Digital computers, Equipment and supplies, Video tape recorders and recording, Videocassette recorders, Videotape recording, Multimedia technology, Multimedia systems, Video cameras, Digital video, Trends

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