Getting Organized in the Google Era

Whether it''s a faulty memory a tendency to multitask or difficulty managing our time every one of us has limitations conspiring to keep us from being organized. But as organizational guru and former Google CIO Douglas C. Merrill points out it isn''t our fault. Our brains simply aren''t designed to deal with the pressures and competing demands on our attention in today''s fast-paced information-saturated digital world. What''s more he says many of the ways in which our society is structured are outdated imposing additional chaos that makes us feel stressed scattered and disorganized.. But it doesn''t have to be this way. Luckily we have a myriad of amazing new digital tools and technologies at our fingertips to help us manage the strains on our brains and on our lives; the trick is knowing when and how to use them. This is why Merrill who helped spearhead Google''s effort to organize the world''s information offers a wealth of tips and strategies for how to use these new tools to become more organized efficient and successful than ever. . But if you''re looking for traditional rigid one-size-fits-all strategies for organization this isn''t the book for you. Instead Merrill draws on his intimate knowledge of how the brain works to help us develop fresh innovative and flexible systems of organization tailored to our individual goals constraints and lifestyles. From how to harness the amazing power of search to how to get the most out of cloud computing to techniques for filtering through the enormous avalanche of information that assaults us at every turn to tips for minimizing distractions and better integrating work and life Getting Organized in the Google Era is chock-full of practical invaluable and often counterintuitive advice for anyone who wants to be more organized and productiveand less stressed--in our 21st-century world.