Slow Media Diet findings
I expected a binge to follow the conclusion of the Slow Media Diet, but it never came. My habits actually haven’t changed much since it ended. I now keep tabs on a few sites related to technical videomaking stuff, like Jem Shofield’s excellent The C47, and I’ve dropped in at Daring Fireball and The AV Club a few times, but mostly I stick to books and magazines.
(Speaking of books, I highly recommend the gossipy and addictive Game Change, an insider account of the ’08 election campaigns. I’m now digging into Jaron Lanier’s You Are Not a Gadget.)
My life has changed much more than I thought it would. My mind is more peaceful, I have a more nutritious media diet and my body appreciates spending less time hunched in front of a laptop. We’ll see if I slip back into old habits, but for the foreseeable future my medium of choice is words on paper.
Alright, that’s it’s for that topic for a while. I’m currently finishing a little paid video gig and working on a reinvention of the Goodie Bag style. Stay tuned for more on these.
