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Uncategorized: Media diet
Published on 23/02/07
by Zac Echola
Jerimiah Owyang, recently made a post on his blog about his media consumption diet which got me thinking of my own habits:
Web: Like Jerimiah, I take in almost all of my media consumption from the web. Granted, I work for a news company’s Web site. But even my own personal reading comes in digital form. I use Google Reader for most of my feeds, though I still have an old MyWay account I check up on now and again. Increasingly, I simply follow links sent to me from friends through IM or del.icio.us.
Music: Again, like Jerimiah, I listen to Pandora mostly at work, though I’ve started playing around with last.fm. The office also streams music on Fridays, usually with some kind theme like Power Ballad Friday (ugh). At home or anywhere else, it’s my iPod and my hard drive.
TV: I still watch TV. I worked in TV for years, so it’s ingrained in me to sit in front of the boob tube for hours on end. I don’t have cable, though. And I refuse to pay the outrageous prices for it. So, if I miss an episode of The Office or LOST, I’ll grab it from iTunes. In fact, I missed both of those shows this week. I better go grab them. Actually, come to think of it, I usually wait for the DVD.
Communication: I own a cell phone. It doesn’t even have a camera on it. I use text messaging sparingly (like if I’m in a loud bar or I just want to drop a message to someone I know is busy at the moment). I don’t access the Internet via my phone often, unless I’m so far removed from civilization I can’t find a baseball score. I have a few computers (a G4 at work, a Windows desktop at home and a Viao laptop that I hate), but rarely use email outside of work. Mostly, I stick to gTalk for online communication.
Movies: I rarely, rarely go to the theater. I don’t even rent DVDs often. I go to the library and check them out.
Magazines: I read magazines on and off. I go through phases with subscriptions. Usually, I just hang out at the library and read through whatever piques my interest. I actually have a few digital subscriptions through Zinio. They were free from freebizmag.com. I doubt I’d pay for digital magazines.
Newspapers: I work for a newspaper, but hardly read it beyond making sure the days news is on the site. I hate dailies pagination. I hate the pyramid style of writing. If you see me with a paper, it’s usually a free alternative weekly I’ll pick up when I’m traveling and even so, I can’t stand it.
Jerimiah missed books in his post. I don’t read books as often as my wife or keep track of them at librarything. I try to get somewhere in the neighborhood of 15-20 a year. Most of which are non-fiction regarding politics or culture studies.
The end. Or is it?
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