The Information Diet & Clay Johnson
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On this episode of ProductiVardy, Mike Vardy talks with Clay Johnson, technologist and author of the highly-anticipated book, The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption
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What happened then
- Mike talks about what is coming up on the final episode of the podcast next week, and what the beginning of 2012 will hold for both himself and the podcast
- Thanks to Gina Trapani, Mike discovered Clay Johnson. Clay gives a brief introduction about his book, The Information Diet, including on how he got the idea for the book — before we dive in a little deeper.
- Clay tells us about “infoveganism” and his thoughts on how to better handle the information that comes our way and how less information isn’t necessarily better.
- Clay debunks the myth of “information overload”.
- Clay talks about some of the tools he uses, such as RescueTime, and explains other tools such as his “bias journal” and exploring digital literacy.
- Listeners can head over to make the resolution to take the Information Diet and Clay explains about what the resolution involves.
- Clay breaks it down: Who is The Information Diet best suited for?
What happens now
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Happy holidays!
Photo credit: Clay Johnson
