My favorite prof at USC, Irv Biederman, wrote a paper in which he coined the term “infovore.” An infovore is what you’d expect: an entity that lives by consuming information. I am a serious infovore. If we use basketball as a metaphor (and don’t we always) I’d say that in terms of infovore skillz I’m an NBA D-leaguer: a bit raw, but with the potential to become a role-playing starter on a decent NBA team. So you might say I’m the Big Baby Davis of the infosphere.
With that as background, I’m always interested in reading about how people with highly-developed skills in this arena manage things. This guy has a lot of interesting things to say about his own methodology. Hat tip to Tyler Cowen, who is an all-NBA first-team infovore.