http://global-culture.org/the-end-of-television/ Sustainable, Memorable, Livable Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:34:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://global-culture.org/the-end-of-television/comment-page-1/#comment-119649 the end of television - redux Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:25:36 +0000 http://global-culture.org/blog/2006/07/25/the-end-of-television/#comment-119649 [...] the end of television I had ventured into a world where we were no longer forced to sit in front of the television set at [...] [...] the end of television I had ventured into a world where we were no longer forced to sit in front of the television set at [...]

]]> http://global-culture.org/the-end-of-television/comment-page-1/#comment-9000 Global Culture » new to this blog? Sun, 28 Jan 2007 09:26:23 +0000 http://global-culture.org/blog/2006/07/25/the-end-of-television/#comment-9000 [...] I try to lead this debate from my own experiences as an immigrant, and without falling into the usual anti-globalization traps. But this is not a political blog: In the process of researching Global Culture I’ve come across a very diverse group of topics, ranging from soccer to tourism, from BitTorrent to Lonelygirl15, from hackers to outsourcing, from ethnosphere to the noosphere. [...] [...] I try to lead this debate from my own experiences as an immigrant, and without falling into the usual anti-globalization traps. But this is not a political blog: In the process of researching Global Culture I’ve come across a very diverse group of topics, ranging from soccer to tourism, from BitTorrent to Lonelygirl15, from hackers to outsourcing, from ethnosphere to the noosphere. [...]

]]> http://global-culture.org/the-end-of-television/comment-page-1/#comment-4546 Global Culture » lonelytv Sat, 09 Dec 2006 06:41:42 +0000 http://global-culture.org/blog/2006/07/25/the-end-of-television/#comment-4546 [...] In the end of television I had already stated my position around the dimishing participation of TV in our daily lifes, but mentioned that we still needed the mechanisms to make the few tricks used by the techno-savvy elite available to all layers of society. If you can imagine YouTube with advanced interactive features that allow each user to follow a specific story as in those well-produced DVD’s that contain extra footage at the click of your remote, you’ll realize the mechanisms are becoming simple enough for a larger group of people to consume them. Expect your TV to be very lonely. [...] [...] In the end of television I had already stated my position around the dimishing participation of TV in our daily lifes, but mentioned that we still needed the mechanisms to make the few tricks used by the techno-savvy elite available to all layers of society. If you can imagine YouTube with advanced interactive features that allow each user to follow a specific story as in those well-produced DVD’s that contain extra footage at the click of your remote, you’ll realize the mechanisms are becoming simple enough for a larger group of people to consume them. Expect your TV to be very lonely. [...]

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