Who Said You Can Not Watch and Drive a Car?
I think it was last week or the week before we covered just how much time the average user spends watching video on their iPod. I am not too sure Knightwise that this would have fitted the model, but Knightwise is part of the 2% of users that do watch video on their iPod. Thanks Knightwise for the contribution. [Dave]
Movement Takes Time : What a Surprise
What I always find hilariously entertaining, yet impossible to comprehend, is the fact that people can get so incredibly agitated in their car. I mean : The natural physical reality that point A and point B are separated by a certain distance, combined with the fact that you are using a motor vehicle and are not in possession of a jet plane or personal transporter, does clearly imply that some amount of time is going to be spent travelling this certain distance. And although people are aware of all these facts they get incredibly annoyed behind the wheel when things aren’t going fast enough, or God forbid, they are caught in a traffic jam. [What about having to slow down for old people with hats on? - Dave]
“Wow Knightwise, A 2 hour commute every day, You must be mad.” they say [count yourself lucky - 2 hours of driving in Australia won't get you to the next pub! - Dave]. Now a two hour commute in a country that is about 2.5 hours wide in driving time , does seem a lot. Yet I don”t mind really. In these 2 years I’ve been doing the daily shuttle, I have never had the idea that I was wasting my time. Yes perhaps in the beginning. When I listened to CD’s and the radio. But I have come far beyond that scenario.
Thanks to podcasts, my loyal friends for the two hour drive, I’ve since then seen my “commute” time as a chance to learn stuff , keep up to date and so forth. But occasionally I run into a traffic jam. As other people eat their respective steering columns, I check my clock and whip out my ipod video. As the cars around me hover to a standstill in bona fide deadlock, I punch up the latest video podcasts I’ve subscribed to … And start watching some tube ! [As long as you stop it before you start moving again, and BTW careful of that truck - Dave]
So with some arching eyebrows eye balling me from the other cars, I sit back and enjoy some great entertainment like DL.TV and Hak5 , or even a bit of Geekbrief.TV with Cali. According to a study only 1% of your time spent using your ipod video , is actually used watching video. I don”t disagree. But the timing at which you can do this … Is worth every second.
I am inclined to agree with Knightwise here. I too listen to podcasts on the road. I am not lucky enough to have a 2 hour ride so I can listen to more podcasts! But try making the commitment to not listen to the radio at all for 2 weeks and see if you go back to the radio. [Dave]