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43F Podcast: Goin' on a Media Diet

Submitted by Merlin on October 31, 2005 - 9:18am.

Goin’ on a Media Diet (mp3)

43folders.com - Two simple things you can do this week to reclaim your attention and start enjoying the I/O in your life again.

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The podcast includes two diet tips for the week:

  • The Media Date - set aside a few contiguous hours to consume just one piece or type of media – by itself. Read a book, watch a movie, or listen to your favorite record. Defy background noise by just focusing on that one thing for a while.
  • The Mindful Phonecall - Take 30 minutes to sit in a chair and talk to someone you love on the phone. No shopping, web surfing, or walking around allowed. Just you and them.

Any good media diet tips of your own to share? How do you limit your I/O?

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Great tip for a media...

Submitted by Robert 'Groby' Blum (not verified) on October 31, 2005 - 3:24pm.

Great tip for a media diet - read transcripts of podcasts. (Hint! Hint!)

Audio is a quite rich media, but that also means it takes a lot extra bandwidth. Text can be slurped in easily. (I really don’t get why everybody is podcasting these days. More production time, more consumption time. Granted, if I had a long commute, it might make sense…)