There is lots of chatter and philosophizing about information overload, but it seems to apply mostly to baby boomers. Young workers are comfortable with a deluge of information. For them, filtering huge amounts of information is intuitive and the notion of information overload just doesn't exist, according to Ashley J. Swartz, the president of Eicko Media, a new-media marketing firm. This is not to say that young workers do not have issues with technology.

Most twentysomething workers look at computers all day, and the issues they face are about combatting cubicle alienation and maintaining friendships when technology no longer serves as a social gathering place.