Pauca sed alta

[nyuanshin]

My resolution last year was to learn more than I did in the previous year. I'm not sure if I accomplished that, but I am sure that what I learned was of greater value. My resolution this year is to carry that further: I want to learn less, but have the few things I learn be very, very important. (Better attention management is at the top of that

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[sethisalive]

YES! Great resolution! Quality over quantity...because the quantity out there is nearly unmanageable. Too many words, too much bad info running around out there. Filtering. I hope 2009 can be about filtering for me, too.

[nyuanshin]

Yeah, I've actually considered nuking my RSS feeds purely on principle. But then I feel a twinge and think "No! Sometimes they throw up useful and inspiring information!" and then I feel all confused. I think, though, I may have stumbled upon a way to have my cake and eat it too: it's not just about filtering (which I'm actually moderately good at already), but also about making rapid-fire decisions about what to do with some incoming piece of info (which I've been considerably less good at). Having a system that doesn't permit things to pile up on you makes a big difference. More to come about this . . .

[sethisalive]

Yup, I think there are two kinds of filtering