Comments on: Clay Shirky on the Need for Better Information Filters

By: Going Public About Privacy « The Scholarly Kitchen

Going Public About Privacy « The Scholarly Kitchen — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:08:36 +0000

[...] Clay Shirky said recently referring to the filtering economy of the prior era: “The inefficiency of information flow wasn’t a bug, it was a feature. That’s what privacy [...]

By: Google's Distribution Advantage Has Its Limits - Tools of Change for Publishing

Google's Distribution Advantage Has Its Limits - Tools of Change for Publishing — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:43:20 +0000

[...] more content toward better filtering and curating of what’s already there. (Or as Clay Shirky says, it’s not information overload, it’s filter failure.) While many publishers fret about customers no longer paying for content, they may miss the boat [...]

By: Participatory Digital Libraries « Where’s the Library?

Participatory Digital Libraries « Where’s the Library? — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:23:23 +0000

[...] of information overload, you might be interested in a recent presentation by Clay Shirky on the need for better “information [...]

By: Henry Lewkowicz

Henry Lewkowicz — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:39:46 +0000

I posted Clay Shirky’s video on my blog as well since the issue of filtering information is at the heart of the battle for information quality. In my product development work I focus on providing instant summarization and context for filtering and reducing information to the very essential points. In practice less is more and instantly finding the key sentences helps us with comprehension.