Keith Watanabe * NET 2.0

I've never been a TV addict like my parents or some of my friends.  I found TV to be 95% dumb and a complete waste of time, filled with useless advertisements and material that waste my time.  However, when I get home, I ceaselessly browse through youtube videos or peruse numerous news articles.  While the production value of the new wave of media is no way near the level of what Hollywood and big budget companies can produce, I love the things being put out by independent people, using sheer creativity over the traditional boardroom writing of Hollywood.  If not that then I go for the plethora of news out there, which even as enormous as it is, I find still limited in quantity.

Sometimes, I wonder though if my viewing habits are far worse than my parents' or my friends who are addicted to TV.  While the information I glean is more useful to me or vested in what I find interesting, the amount of time I spend consuming information far exceeds the amount my mom does.  I was thinking of how TV shows are not on demand, but scheduled.  So you can pattern your sleeping habits or viewing habits based on what's on (unless you use devices like TiVo).  Internet technology though is completely on demand, which means an infinite amount of consumption.

But truthfully, the stuff on the net is the best stuff out there.  It's raw and unimposing, just waiting to be grabbed by active viewers who search for these bits of data.