TMI, or Just Information You Can't Find? By Heather Green Pretty much everyone I know complains about TMI, or too much information. But when I stop to think about it, what really bothers me is not all the information. I am really happy for all the information that's out there. It's just that I often have a hard time finding the things I found in the past. I know, that's what delicious and bookmarks are for. But it's also, I would think, what my memory's for. And I think that when I could concentrate on information more, pouring over it, I could remember it better than now, when I flit from one interesting data point to to another. But on the subject on informaation, I found some survey results that popped in my inbox today interesting. Hakia.com, a meaning-based search engine that sent this survey says it shows that 63.1% oof the respondans find they get too much information and 24.2% of respondents cannot get the information they want. The way I read it, a whopping 43.6% actually may get too much information, but they get what they want and another 17.4% is happy, so that 61% gets the information they want. But I guess that's fun with numbers... Q: When you consider information access today, do you get: Just the right amount, and I find something useful 17.4% Too much information, but I get what I want 43.6% Too much information, and I can't get what I want 19.5% Not enough information, but I can find something useful 14.8% Not enough information, and I can't get what I want 4.7% None of the above Posted at: http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/blogspotting/archives/2007/08/tmi_or_just_inf.html