Cut and Paste the following short survey into your word processor and complete it. Then, cut and paste it into the Info-Diet Discussion along with your candid thoughts about this topic.
Post your Info-Diet to the Google Groups Discussion Area
How many minutes or hours per day on the rough average do you take in new information using different media and mediums? Consider further breaking down your info-diet by information value: entertainment, professional development, current events, socializing locally, socializing beyond the local.
Consider that we read at between 500-1000 words per minute, and talk at around 100wpd. Educational research shows we retain 25% of what we hear, and 50% of what we read, and 75% of whatever we're involved in hands-on. At issue is best use of your time getting the right mix of daily information to meet your information needs at all levels.
The goal of this exercise is to set the stage for potentially introducing radical new efficiencies for making best use of your time accessing the best information possible that will be of the greatest practical use to you through new web-based tools and collaboration with peers.
My Current Information Diet:
How many minutes or hours per day are you:
___Reading books, newspapers, magazines?
___TV - news, educational, entertainment?
___Using Search Engines and Surfing the web?
___RSS Feeds - blogs, wikis, other collaborative web-based tools?
___Reading or writing Email?
___Telephone?
___Internet via handhelds like Blackberries?
___Face-to-face conversations with peers?
___Other, and please feel invited to add additional mediums and methods.
Please feel invited to offer your additional reflections on this activity in the Google Groups Discussions
What would be your ideal Info-Diet and what topics would you like to learn more about as a part of your ideal info-diet?
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