Unfiltered, social media can be too much to handle! image: theVanCats There isn’t a single application […….

Technology has a habit of embedding itself in our lives – so much so that we start working by its schedule, rather than by our own…..

I'm flattered that you included me on your list of influencers. Thank you.

I have 3 quick tips for sorting through information for any topic that may interest you.

1) Delete all email subscriptions to individual blogs, news, magazines, etc. You will eventually become overwhelmed by the daily emails from so many different sources. Instead, subscribe to Smartbrief on Social Media for the top social media articles each day. http://www.smartbrief.com/socialmedia/

2) Download TweetDeck and create columns for keywords of interest. I have a separate column for the following: “social media”, “social commerce”, mobile, “small business”, entrepreneurship & innovation. Articles that are popular will stream through multiple times a day.

3) Set your internet browser to open multiple homepages when you open a new browser. You can set your favorite sites to open simultaneously, which allows you to skim through each site. My favorite sites are: Mashable, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Fast Company, Wired, Business Week, CNBC.com, FoxNews.com, CNN.com, WSJ.com ChicagoTribune.com & NYTimes.com. I skim through each site multiple times during the day and then proceed to open articles that interest me in a new tab to read later.

Hope those tips help!

Philip

As social media evolves away from a people-connection tool, to more of a business tool (when's the last time you actually had lunch with one of your followers?), these will become more important skills to develop.

“Hopefully one day there will be, but for now we have to rely on our own time management to navigate the insurmountable torrent of information that passes over our screen and mobile devices each day.”

I wonder if this really is possible: we each have our own perception of what's important and what's not: basically everyone would need some sort of custom interface allowing them to weigh the importance of people, topics and channels for their own use. I know I even have different columns on tweetdeck at home and at work because my priorities are different where I am.

Hmmm, ok so how about a custom interface with geolocation… ha!