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 What's more, he says, many of the ways in which our society is structured are outdated, imposing additional chaos that makes us feel stressed, scattered, and disorganized.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。
消除信息碎片化,妥善管理你的生活,以减轻脑部压力。 “鸡尾酒效应”造成的注意力选择性。在任何时候,你的脑注意到的东西,远比你实际察觉的还多。 将不重要的资讯从脑袋中移出,充分挖掘短期记忆的价值。短期记忆一般一次最多只能容纳5-9件事。 避免同时执行多个任务,这...
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,...
评分6p 为了实现大脑压力最小化,要把生活组织得有条不紊。为此,要让信息尽快地离开大脑。 15p 利用故事去记忆。 50p 对自己要坦诚,但是千万不要自我评判。 55p 要懂得什么时候忽略制约。 83p 不要给信息归档,用的时候去搜索就行了。 141p 在任何时候,都要尽可能地利用生活中处...
评分1、因为观点可以,推荐速读。 关于绕开制约,牛! 关于纸质文档和电子文档,我早就用了,不错! 3、但在中国,g工具不是很实用。 gmail很慢的 g-doc不能用 g中国在hk 所以、、、 不知谁能填补空白?
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: ...