Whether it's a faulty memory, a tendency to multitask, or difficulty managing our time, every one of us has limitations conspiring to keep us from being organized. But, as organizational guru and former Google CIO Douglas C. Merrill points out, it isn't our fault. Our brains simply aren't designed to deal with the pressures and competing demands on our attention in today's fast-paced, information-saturated, digital world. What's more, he says, many of the ways in which our society is structured are outdated, imposing additional chaos that makes us feel stressed, scattered, and disorganized.
But it doesn't have to be this way. Luckily, we have a myriad of amazing new digital tools and technologies at our fingertips to help us manage the strains on our brains and on our lives; the trick is knowing when and how to use them. This is why Merrill, who helped spearhead Google's effort to "organize the world's information," offers a wealth of tips and strategies for how to use these new tools to become more organized, efficient, and successful than ever.
But if you're looking for traditional, rigid, one-size-fits-all strategies for organization, this isn't the book for you. Instead, Merrill draws on his intimate knowledge of how the brain works to help us develop fresh, innovative, and flexible systems of organization tailored to our individual goals, constraints, and lifestyles.
From how to harness the amazing power of search, to how to get the most out of cloud computing, to techniques for filtering through the enormous avalanche of information that assaults us at every turn, to tips for minimizing distractions and better integrating work and life, Getting Organized in the Google Era is chock-full of practical, invaluable, and often counterintuitive advice for anyone who wants to be more organized and productive–and less stressed--in our 21st-century world.
作者简介
道格拉斯·梅里尔,百代唱片公司数字音乐部门总裁兼新音乐部门首席运营官,2008年4月之前担任谷歌公司首席信息官。此前是美国金融服务提供商嘉信理财高级副总裁及兰德公司信息科学家。拥有普林斯顿大学认知科学博士学位。他还是一位科技作家,文章经常发表在《计算机世界》、Washingtonpost.com、《纽约时报》、《旅游和休闲》及《娱乐周刊》等媒体上。
虽然一些地方水了点,讲的东西夜比较简单。不过这本书依然值得推荐。 因为书中的内容具有很好的可行性。 ## 记忆 人的记忆是很复杂的过程。比如编码、提取、解码、长期记忆、短期记忆、图片记忆、记忆宫殿等等一系列的东西。 但知道这些,并不会帮助我们记忆,至少没有让我记...
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评分本书是前Google首席信息官对有序组织的一些认识。有很多不错的点子,但整体内容较浅。有序组织是人类进入工业时代后,产生的管理和行为模式,在进入信息时代后,应该更重视个人的有序管理。英文书名中Getting Organized ,也就是日文里说的“整理术”。 摘录及感想 原理1: ...
评分正如这本书的副标题一样,信息太多,时间太少,就不要浪费在这本书上了,里面的内容你已经在各种公众号或者知乎上看了无数遍。 但还是挑挑拣拣找出了能收获或者说再一次提醒自己的三点。 一、养成信息过滤的好习惯 鉴于每天都有大量信息汹涌而来,只把真正需要记忆的内容记住,...