Tomorrow is Information Overload Awareness Day according to Basex, who are organizing a conference to call attention to a problem that, according to their research, costs the U.S. economy $900 billion per year in lowered productivity. While it seems strange to organize a conference to impart yet more information on Information Overload Awareness Day, they do seem to be trying to offset some of the problems…

Individual tickets for the Inaugural Event are $50 but individuals promising not to multi-task (IM, e-mail, Twitter, etc.) during the event receive a 50% discount

If you would like to learn about this issue, check out the Information Overload Research Group who provide an online Resource Center of articles.

To help do my part to lower the amount of “information pollution”, I will not be posting any information online via social networks for 24 hours, starting at midnight tonight. If you would like to join me, to try something similar, or have any ideas on how to lower information overload, plaese leave a comment.

Update August 18, 2009

Thanks to Bobbi Newman for finding the following important, educational video on the dangers of Information Overload.