Living in Your Own World
I never heard Beyonce’s single “Single Ladies” until this week (like six months after it was released), but I’m sure it was a hit (I checked on Wikipedia). Am I still “with it?”
Seth Godin discusses how good people have become at ignoring marketing (here’s a recent rant on the theme) and perhaps I’m becoming a master at cutting white noise from my thoughts.
This is what happened to me.
- Almost all of the media that I encounter is first filtered by RSS feeds or what my PLN on Twitter suggests is worth watching. From there I choose what’s worthy of a click.
- I know what aspects of the culture I like and have identified reliable sources that will respond to them.
- As for books, I rely on goodreads.com. And I read quite a few.
- My iPod neutralizes all the white noise of audio marketing.
- Bulletin boards tend to mean nothing to me since I live in Hong Kong and understand very few characters.
Please don’t infer that I’m living in a vacuum or that this is a narrow minded approach to media.
I follow many feeds on a variety of topics, especially education. I categorize information through social tagging and I respond to the thoughts of other writers on a regular basis.
And I have no idea what Beyonce is doing with her career.
