MFW September 2007

Alright, so here's how my Media Free Week (MFW) went for September 2007.

I recall reading the following media without noticing that I was starting to do it:

1. I picked up a copy of PC Gamer at Borders where I was getting a cup of coffee after work and I started reading some very encouraging reviews about BioShock, Crysis, and if I am not mistaken, Far Cry 2. When I realized what I was doing, I wiped the [ahem] sweat from my brow and went home.

2. I reflexively stopped at the magazine rack that has recently sprung up at the grocery store during its recent remodel. I thumbed through pretty commercial outdoor spaces furnishings and goo-gahs magazine and realized that I had in fact been drawn before to the exact same magazine in the past. Sheepishly I put it down and went back to shopping.

3. I have been tasked with keeping up with some serious advertising, media, and gadget online websites for a new grad school class on new media. My assignment is to watch a long list of sites, and at least scan the headlines every week. I am not sure how to adjust my MFW strategy in light of the class. It's like being in recovery and taking a wine-tasting class. On the whole I feel like it was a good week off from most external media.

A quick look at headlines suggests that I haven't missed much in a slow news week. My wife and I had a funny moment when we check the weather online and noticed that a tropical storm was passing close by our shore tomorrow. Ha!

On another level, I was up till 2 am every night except one this week, mostly working on school -- much of it on my own media projects. Self-created media isn't really something that I feel should be discouraged, but who knows, maybe it's the next thing to be curtailed.