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They were really tight, with an epic sound which at its best came close to early Radiohead. I got myself a 3-day gig pass and yesterday evening got myself over to the Komedia for the start of a great evening.įirst up were Belarus, a four-piece guitar band from Oxfordshire. It is a three day event featuring 180 bands in 10 venues across Brighton as well as talks from industry luminaries throughout the day. That’s my media diet.The Great Escape festival is the UK’s fledgling answer to SxSW Music. My friends fill in other odds and ends via links on Twitter and Facebook. And you know what, I usually can’t make it a month without watching Strongbad answer some emails.

I just finished The X-Files in its entirety. I watch some television series, thanks to Netflix. My favorite authors are Po Bronson and Paul Auster. I’m currently reading Once a Runner and Bad Luck and Trouble.

I also just finished What I Talk About When I Talk About Running. I recently read Googled, and The Future of the Internet (both for graduate school, among other titles). I love to write, so therefore I read a lot. Lastly, I like to watch my share of Jon Stewart clips. I’m also a frequent visitor to Interactive Narratives and MediaStorm, always looking for cool, multimedia stories. Some recent ones I have watched include Tyson, Truman and Food, Inc. I do subscribe to NetFlix, and love all the documentaries there.

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I’m enjoying all the free time I have since I avoid programs I’m not really interested in much easier now. I canceled cable a few months before I started graduate school, and haven’t looked back. I also don’t watch much, if any, television news. Currently, I do not subscribe to any magazines or newspapers. I subscribe to news alerts via email from the New York Times as well. I also follow several news outlets on Twitter, and often hear of breaking news there. These include the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, Sports Illustrated, Slate and Salon. I also check several news feeds via my feed reader. On most days, I catch NPR on my local station, WFDD – out of Wake Forest University. Some of the more regular ones I like to read are 10,000 Words, Chris Brogan, Nieman Lab, Romenesko, Dave Winer, Seth Godin, Poynter, Mental Floss, Neatorama, A List Apart, Mashable, The Next Web, Tech Crunch, Smashing Magazine, ReadWriteWeb, ProBlogger and Search Engine Land. I typically check a handful of the 200 some-odd feeds I follow. After that, I attack feeds according to whatever mood I’m in or what kind of project I’m working on. New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, Slate and Salon. All my feeds sit in Google Reader as well, just in case I need to access my feeds when I’m away from my computer. I’ve used the online version as well, but don’t like it as much. I love Shrook’s beautiful interface for use on my Mac. Most of the news I get from them falls into the category of what’s happening in their lives. The usual ones I check are Creative, Internet-Tech and Media.Īfter that, it’s on to Facebook to see what my friends are talking about and what links they’re sharing. After that, I’ll check a few of my Twitter Lists.

The thing I love about Twitter is the fact people help me discover neat links and information I wouldn’t have otherwise. First, I just check my normal stream for what I like to call accidental knowledge. I check Twitter when I hit the computer in the morning. It intrigued me, so I decided to write my own, What I Read. I stumbled across one of the stories, what Jay Rosen reads, via Twitter.

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The Atlantic Wire has a cool series called Media Diet, where staffers interview top thinkers about what they read. We know that media consumption habits have changed and evolved tremendously.īut have you thought about yours lately? It’s an interesting thought, I think.

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