Information Abundance
We like to talk about Information Abundance at Fogo Media, and you have probably heard it before. The Internet coupled with digital media has put a large majority of the world’s information at our fingertips. For example, Fogo Media has just joined 175,000 other people and organizations by creating a blog today. That’s right, 175,000 people will create a blog TODAY. These words will be among 20 million or so recorded on the Internet today. While much of these words are probably garbage (hopefully not THESE words), there is certainly some useful information being created as well.
So how do you keep up with, and find, the information that is relevant and useful to YOU? That is what Fogo Media, and this blog, is all about. This post kicks things off by looking at how we can benefit from information abundance while acknowledging that information abundance can also cause problems.
However, before we do that, lets address another phrase commonly used: Information Overload. This turns “Information Abundance” around and makes it a negative phenomenon. Our belief is that information abundance is a good thing, so we are going to avoid using this phrase. In cases where information abundance goes too far, we will use the phrase “Information Over-Abundance” instead. We know, it is six in one hand and a half-dozen in the other, but we are going to opt for the more positive phrasing.
How does it help?
Here are some ways information abundance can benefit us (not an exhaustive list):
