I have recently taken to podcast subscribing like a fish to water. I love it. I think it fills my time off my computer with valuable inputs of information from sources that would have otherwise been very difficult to catch up with by just reading on my bed before drifting off to sleep.
Now I listen to podcasts in the gym, while I run, while I walk to work and sometimes if my brain feels sharp and confident enough even while I do chores that don’t require too much attention. I am not saying it has replaced my music playlist…. But, it surely has put it in the endangered species slot!
Now I listen to podcasts in the gym, while I run, while I walk to work and sometimes if my brain feels sharp and confident enough even while I do chores that don’t require too much attention. I am not saying it has replaced my music playlist…. But, it surely has put it in the endangered species slot!
I used to be a bit worried about the social implications of iPods (I am using the word as a generic term for all 'personal digital players'). I thought people would now 
ever more not acknowledge strangers. At first, we had to risk being indifferent or even rude, depending on the society we were in, if we chose to ignore another person around us. But, now with ipods we don’t have that burden no more. We pretend that we are so involved in our worlds, that we genuinely don’t see the people around. That’s a shame, init? (Picked this one up most recently!!!)
ever more not acknowledge strangers. At first, we had to risk being indifferent or even rude, depending on the society we were in, if we chose to ignore another person around us. But, now with ipods we don’t have that burden no more. We pretend that we are so involved in our worlds, that we genuinely don’t see the people around. That’s a shame, init? (Picked this one up most recently!!!) What I am driving at is; I felt like a fake listening to music and ignoring the people around me. Deep down I did notice them and even enjoyed having them around, but was either too shy or pissed or arrogant or uncomfortable to go up to someone and smile or even say hello. I am someone who needs a lifetime to open up, once I do, I am unstoppable. My iPod made this transition bearable but interestingly even slower. All throughout I felt guilty though. Not any more!!!!
I am now listening to real people on the podcasts (I know musicians are real, but you get what I mean). And, the argument in my head today is, how often am I going to get such rich ideas with just regular chit chatting. So its good for now, I guess, until I will need a hug and have only my iPod to stare at…. That too probably knowing my luck might need recharging!!
I am now listening to real people on the podcasts (I know musicians are real, but you get what I mean). And, the argument in my head today is, how often am I going to get such rich ideas with just regular chit chatting. So its good for now, I guess, until I will need a hug and have only my iPod to stare at…. That too probably knowing my luck might need recharging!!
P.S. – trivia on British MS word dictionary – I had to add iPod to it but, init is already in it!!
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