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30th Jun 2011 10 0 News Clips

Applying the concept of a sprint in Agile development can help me cope with information overload. I block off a period of time, 2-3 hours, to concentration on my work. I will hide myself, disconnect from email and instant messages to avoid any… [...]

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早幾天和朋友說起看電影﹐不約而同的發現我們所擁有的電影﹐多得沒有足夠時間去看。現在決定與否看一齣戲的條件﹐不再是那齣戲值不值回票價﹐而是值不值回看那齣戲所需的時間。互聯網和共享軟件的出現﹐打破了娛樂工業對電影音樂的壟斷﹐以往大部份人所接收的資訊量﹐限制於獲取資訊所需成本上。當資訊成本跌至接近零時﹐所有資訊也垂手可得﹐但每個人一天也只有二十四小時﹐問題就變成了如何從眾多的資訊中﹐如何找出最有用最好的去吸收應用。… [...]