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How to Organize Your Web Media Content Online. I know it seems silly, but it wasn’t that long ago that you had to hopelessly fumble through your browser’s page history to find an image to show a friend (hoping the cache hadn’t been erased yet). Then came bookmarking. Bookmarking is great, but that long lists of links can get out of hand really quickly. So it makes you wonder, is there a tool out there that will allow us to save not only our links but actual image, audio and all other media files as well? If there weren’t, this wouldn’t be much of an article.

There are actually a lot of under-publicized tools out there that let you do exactly that. 1. Zootool is about collecting, organizing and sharing your favorite images, videos, documents and links from all over the internet. Get the Lasso Add the Lasso button to your browser to save your favorite images, videos, documents and webpages in Zootool. Collect Build your own little library of interesting things you find on the web.

Organize Share Sharing web content has never been easier. Can We Have Some Order Here?: The A-To-Z Of Getting Organized: I Is For Imagination. It's great to get advice from the experts -- but one of the quickest ways to fail at your organizing efforts is to adhere too rigidly to someone else's ideas of what "organized" looks like. What helps a person keep order can be very different for each individual -- true organization is being able to see beyond the standardized systems so you can find a creative solution that works just for you. Thinking Outside Of The Box Recently, I was helping a new client with her "closet challenges.

" She'd done exactly what her favorite HGTV show suggested, hung her clothes by season and color, set up shelves for shoes and sweaters, organized all her accessories by type -- and it wasn't working for her at all. Putting an outfit together was overwhelming -- trying to figure out what went with what and which shoes to wear with that dress and what earrings she had liked last time with that blouse. What is the most important thing you can do to improve your life?#

I can’t think of a single thing that can make as profound a difference in your life as being able to dissolve your “occurrings”—the meaning you unconsciously and automatically give events, which you think are The Truth.

What is the most important thing you can do to improve your life?#

Our “occurrings” are the source of most of our negative emotions, which means they are the source of most of our suffering; they are the vehicle through which our beliefs determine our behavior and feelings; they are the source of most disagreements and arguments between people; and they are one of the biggest barriers to being able to successfully resolve problems in our life. There is nothing else you can do—regardless of how much you pay or how much time it takes—that will improve the quality of your life as much. In this post I will explain why and provide some tips on how you can quickly dissolve your occurrings. What is the Difference Between a Blog and a Wiki? Information Overload Is Not Unique To Digital Age. Copyright © 2010 NPR.

Information Overload Is Not Unique To Digital Age

For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. TONY COX, host: It is a near-constant anxiety. This overload is not, however, a new human experience. We'll talk to Ann Blair in a moment. Ann Blair is professor of history at Harvard and the author of a new book, "Too Much to Know: Managing Scholarly Information Before the Modern Age. " Professor ANN BLAIR (History, Harvard University): Thanks for having me. COX: So this is not a new condition. Prof. So on the one hand, there's nothing new under the sun. COX: Now, before... Prof. COX: Before we get into the specifics of that, I want to ask you a couple of things. Prof. And there are, of course, wide cultural variations in how - what the purpose of the collection was for. COX: Now this will lead... Prof. COX: Go ahead, finish your answer. Prof. How to Organize Digital Information: Web sites, blogs, and more. “The flood of data on the Web has reached mind-boggling proportions.”

How to Organize Digital Information: Web sites, blogs, and more

(NPR, 2010) So many websites, blogs, online newsletters … so little time.