Slow Media Diet findings

Kirby — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:20:48 +0000

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.

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Slow Media Diet findings