Ton Zylstra has outlined his strategy for managing the wealth of information he is subscribed to. I particularly liked the way he puts actions against items.
- put in delicious [account] [url] (account being my own, my company’s delicious account or that of a community I partake in)
- comment at [name]‘s about [topic] [url]
- follow up reading [entry] at [url] (meaning go check out the links in that posting: I read off-line remember)
- file [quote] from [url]
- mail [name] about [topic] [url]
I immediately thought something similar would be good for me to approach. With about 100 unread items in my aggregator I printed them all out and marked them off with a pen (I think Ton types his up as he goes). In the future I may set up contexts in ResultsManager. Some required comment, others to be forwarded and only one or two are requiring of a post. Though my practice is not as detailed as Ton’s (I didn’t have a copy with me), I managed to process the items within about 10-15 minutes (excluding time to follow-up links on the web).
With all personal knowledge management approaches I advocate finding what works for you. Take Ton’s practice and throw in a dash of your own. It’s a good place to start.