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Well, not a “break” exactly, but the last few weeks of my Science and Technology in Western Culture class. I’ve spent most of my “free” time over the past few weeks focused on a paper about the cultural significance of photography… more on that another day, as I may rewrite parts of the paper and post it here. I did learn a lot from writing it, and came across some surprising ideas about media and imagery, so it would seem like a good fit for this blog.
In Question Of The Day: Who *Does* Have The Time? at Deep Jive Interests, Tony asks this legitimate question about online video. I’ve often wondered the same thing. I very seldom watch any Internet video, exactly for the reason he asks his question: it’s too time consuming. And, I think, I’m much more of a reader when it comes to absorbing information, especially since I’ve gotten pretty good at successfully skimming or quick-reading when I’m short on time. Videos just take too long to get to the point (and advertising you can’t skip over doesn’t help); at least that’s how it seems to me whenever I try some out.
Coincidentally, I just spent buckets of time reading Marshall McLuhan’s Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man
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