Clive Thompson on New Web Applications for Coping With Information Overload

The other day, I was engaged in a uniquely modern task: sifting frantically through thousands of bookmarks. I had promised my editor that I’d send in a cool idea for my next column. So I was trolling through the thousands of news tips and blog posts I’d archived using services like del.icio.us. But I was drowning; I’d saved so much that I could no longer find the really good stuff. What I needed was some help — an assistant to do some sifting for me.

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