article in Bits, NYT, by Nick Bilton on coping with email, January 19, 2014. Found the article through notation by my LinkedIn link Bob Gallo. Brings up the term email_bankruptcy whereby one deletes all the unread email at the start of the new year.

Blog by Steve Gutzler, Feb. 4, 2014 on the nine Ps of purpose. Tweeted by Lyn Boyer for WLS.

Great blog post by Lisa Evans in Entrepreneur, 2.5.14,on how to make the most out of a day that may start out looking and feeling like a loser.

Interesting article published 1/6/2014 on Second Acts for baby boomers. Quotes Marc Freedman, Elizabeth Isele (who lived in ME for a long time), and mentions Bevan Rogel. The Boomerworks online service for matching BBs with work opportunities is very interesting--wonder how they are doing? And whether we should try to ally with them? "In 1998, living in Maine, Isele created CyberSeniors, a multilingual nonprofit computer training company that eventually trained more than 28,000 seniors in 24 states. She's led numerous nonprofits over the decades and is now pushing public policy changes and forging connections between organizations to create an "entrepreneur ecosystem." That ecosystem is flourishing in Sarasota. Sarasota's Institute for the Ages, established in 2009 to change the conversation about aging as one of deficit and decline to one about enhancing lives, is a lab for companies and services that want to tap into the needs of older adults. In late 2013, the Institute launched Boomerswork.com, a web-based network to connect freelancers with companies seeking seasoned professionals for project-based work. The program started in Canada and the Institute is the first organization to bring it to the U.S. When the Institute convenes a national convention here in February, entrepreneurship and encore careers will be a large part of the agenda. In addition to a keynote address by Freedman, Isele is leading a workshop on entrepreneurship with Bevon Rogel, who runs a Freedman-related Encore Academy in St. Petersburg to help seniors find meaningful work. For Southwest Florida, which has one of the highest concentrations of seniors in the nation, the idea of an "encore" seems natural. As the rest of the country and world grays, branding this life stage as one that brings years, or potentially decades, more productivity and meaning to life has become an imperative."

Austin Kleon's blog, January 27, 2014, via Mashable on Twitter. Wonderful attribution matrix--what it is, who made it, and when, why we should care, how you found it, where we can find more things like it. These are all good notes to put in our Diigo description of bookmarks, I believe.

home page of ACRL on information literacy "What is Information Literacy? Information Literacy is the set of skills needed to find, retrieve, analyze, and use information. The beginning of the 21st century has been called the Information Age because of the explosion of information output and information sources. It has become increasingly clear that students cannot learn everything they need to know in their field of study in a few years of college. Information literacy equips them with the critical skills necessary to become independent lifelong learners."

Great blog post on how to start your productive day by at workawesome. 1. Well-begun is half-done 2. Spend more time in the shower 3. Eat a proper breakfast 4. Stay away from negatives--thoughts, people, and actions 5. Do what makes you happy, and be proud for it

Chapter seven on everyday by design by Jennifer Stratton, HASTAC, 7/2013--used in MOOC that Lisa is taking from Cathy Davidson and others.

WSJ/Digits by Courtney Banks, January 21, 2011 Quote: ""Google policy is to get right up to the creepy line but not cross it. I would argue that implanting things in your brain is beyond the creepy line. At least for the moment, until the technology gets better."" 6. In an August 2010 interview published in the Wall Street Journal, Mr. Schmidt posited that someday people would need to be able to change their names on reaching adulthood, in order to avoid embarassing information about them recorded on their friends' social-networking sites: "I don't believe society understands what happens when everything is available, knowable and recorded by everyone all the time … I mean we really have to think about these things as a society." 5. Speaking on a panel at the Techonomy conference in August 2010, Mr. Schmidt touted how Google image-search technology could be used to identify people: "If you have 14 pictures on the Internet, within a 95% confidence interval we can predict who you are. You say you don't have 14 pictures? You have Facebook pictures, so there."

From State of Digital, quotes by Eric Schmidt, October 27, 2010. "1. "We know where you are. We know where you've been. We can more or less know what you're thinking about." To the Atlantic " 7. "Just remember when you post something, the computers remember forever" In The Colbert Report

An unbelievable collection of quotes from Eric Schmidt, former Google CEO and now its chairman, in Business Insider, Jillian D-Onfro, 11/2/13 On Google's staggering collection of personal info: "Would you prefer someone else? Is there a government that you would prefer to be in charge of this?" "On the future of individual targeting: "The technology will be so good it will be very hard for people to watch or consume something that has not in some sense been tailored for them."

Great blog post on Bizzuka on how to manage digital information overload using three steps, 9/9/2013. 1. collect information 2. filter information 3. organize information

Pinterest site by Lori Taylor who puts up a lot of social caffeine infographs on social marketing, social media, and infographics.

interesting site for career transition strategies, Dorothy Dalton who looks to be our age. This post has good ideas for preparing for online interviews.

Colorful, informative graphical mindmap by Jane Genovese at Learning FUNdamentals in Australia for high school students on how to focus in the age of distraction. The branches include taking time to reflect and review, creating rituals/habits, how to work; managing your space, taking a digital technology detox, and help for addicts. From Learning Fundamentals. Also has a presentation for use with with these learning outcomes: By the end of "The Facebook Effect" workshop students will: 1.have developed an understanding of how social network sites (e.g. Facebook) are highly addictive; 2. have developed an understanding of the many benefits of working in a focused manner in a distraction free environment; 3. have access to a range of tools to help them eliminate distractions in their work environment; 4. have a deeper understanding of how multitasking can slow down their mental processes and lead to poorer learning outcomes; and 5. be aware of strategies to enhance their focus and concentration

explains and shows simple and quick signage and complex and confusing signage

great slideshare on hacking your RSS feeds to get only the most timely and relevant posts by Dawn Foster at Puppet Labs

Beth Kanter's Pinterest page on social media tips and best practices--full of infographics and incredible links as usual

Nikol Murphy extolling the virtues of Google Hangouts