Comments on The Hidden History of Information Management

Donna Spencer — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 04:39:25 GMT

This is such a fantastic book – I actually read to the end (I rarely do that). For me, it was good to learn about all the history I don’t know, and top up the little philosophy I also don’t know. Great review , Bob.

Seth Gordon — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:34:32 GMT

I have a lot of books in my ‘to read’ pile, but Glut went straight to the top. I knew it was going to be well researched and insightful, but I was surprised at how much fun I had reading it. I’m a big fan of arcane knowledge and quotable tidbits, and this book was full of both. Thanks to Alex for unearthing this knowledge that I now dispense liberally. i

Hard to think of a page-turner in the field of information management, but one exists, and Alex Wright wrote it.

I’m not a big one for building a personal library. i usually read a book, then gift to a friend with the condition that they then pass it on. In this case, you may borrow my copy of Glut, but it needs to be returned to me. It’s a keeper!

John Donnan — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:40:53 GMT

Great review of a superb book. I ordered this from my favourite bookshop about 90 seconds after reading this.. :-)
Strange how our ideas of beauty change with experience- Alex book seems to me as much about beauty and curiosity as it is about information, judgingfrom the excerpt and reviews I have found.

Michael Kopcsak — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 18:18:41 GMT

I saw Alex present on these concepts at the IA Summit in Vegas this year and thoroughly enjoyed the talk. I think he’s done a great job uncovering some of the forgotten gems/folks who have influenced the evolution of how mumans store and access information. Thanks to his book these innovators will inform our current thinking.I have a copy of the book and am looking forward to carving time in my schedule to dig into it.