Comments on: Overload http://www.chrispramas.com/2009/02/12/overload/ The Furious Scribblings of Chris Pramas Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.10 By: JoeGKushner http://www.chrispramas.com/2009/02/12/overload/#comment-185 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://chrispramas.com/?p=65#comment-185 And we had to walk uphill, both ways, in the snow.

]]> By: PaulofCthulhu http://www.chrispramas.com/2009/02/12/overload/#comment-184 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:28:00 +0000 http://chrispramas.com/?p=65#comment-184 Too much stuff, too little time. Not enough “appreciation density”? – for want of another term.

The same with TV in the UK, back when we had one, two, then three channels, viewing figures were in the multi-millions – now with so much choice – everyone except a few big established players are scratching for a viable audience – unless what you make is really cheap – thus we have much more dross than before. 🙁

One can easily become jaded or very conservative.

I remember in earlier Net days that ‘Personalised News’ was the next big thing – it may be so now? The issue of that over newspapers is that maybe I should know about things I’m not specifically looking for? I digress.

Yes, there’s a lot of information out there but still only the same amount of time to consume it.

]]> By: CyricPL http://www.chrispramas.com/2009/02/12/overload/#comment-183 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:39:00 +0000 http://chrispramas.com/?p=65#comment-183 Amen, sir.

]]> By: RobC http://www.chrispramas.com/2009/02/12/overload/#comment-182 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:35:00 +0000 http://chrispramas.com/?p=65#comment-182 You’re not alone on this one, Chris. In the last ten years I downloaded so much music I was simply incapable of keeping up with it all. Back when it took 30 minutes for a track, you really made sure you listened to each one, usually several times over – then broadband happened and you could grab multiple albums in minutes.

In the end I decided to delete all the unlistened music. Now I download an album or transfer a CD to my branded mp3 player, listen to it a few times, then decide if I want to keep it. The feeling of being overwhelmed with too much choice has finally gone away – and it feels great.

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