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I don't do any of those things and I'm only 5 years out of college. Does that mean I'm old? Either way, I think there's still something to be said for just wa

I don't do any of those things and I'm only 5 years out of college. Does that mean I'm old? Either way, I think there's still something to be said for just watching 'tv' in the historical definition. My guess is that you and your acquaintances are still in a very small minority (though I'd be happy to be proved wrong as I'm not entirely happy with my cable service provided).

opoloqo 17y ago
just watching 'tv' in the historical definition is a massive waste of time. I have multiple lifetimes of content already tagged and queued. I have no time for bullshit old school network control and manipulation. I made my own network.
- madh 17y ago
  Making your own network took effort and time, no?
  - opoloqo 17y ago
    time and effort yes. At this time my collection of web services is basically an organism that feeds my mind. It took time and effort to start the feedback loop but now the loop provides more than I can consume.
- mbreese 17y ago
  How much of that is original IPTV content? In this context, pulling things down from bittorrent doesn't count.
  - opoloqo 17y ago
    IPTV is not part of my vocabulary. Bittorrent is a pain. I use netflix, ted, fora.tv, youtube, vimeo and whatever else percolates into my spectrum of social content aggregators, google reader, facebook.
    - mbreese 17y ago
      IPTV / Internet TV / basically Revision 3 style content with defined shows that come out on a somewhat regular schedule.
opoloqo 17y ago
re: small minority. Yesterday I was sitting in a dark old-timer bar in MT and heard two of the old salts telling some younger guys (mid-40s) about the wonder of Netflix. I am experiencing this more and more with people. Just a short matter of time.
- saturdayplace 17y ago
  > Just a short matter of time. Obviously, in Conan's case NBC has proven that they're not willing to wait for any reasonably short time period when trying out new things. I'm betting the reason that's the case is because advertisers aren't either. Until the advertising dollar moves onto the Internet, it's not going to make sense for a Conan to do the same. I agree that it's a matter of time before we stop talking about IPTV as something new or separate from TV, but that timeframe isn't going to be determined as much by consumers (your old salts) as it is by the advertisers.

opoloqo 17y ago

just watching 'tv' in the historical definition is a massive waste of time. I have multiple lifetimes of content already tagged and queued. I have no time for bullshit old school network control and manipulation. I made my own network.

madh 17y ago
Making your own network took effort and time, no?
- opoloqo 17y ago
  time and effort yes. At this time my collection of web services is basically an organism that feeds my mind. It took time and effort to start the feedback loop but now the loop provides more than I can consume.
mbreese 17y ago
How much of that is original IPTV content? In this context, pulling things down from bittorrent doesn't count.
- opoloqo 17y ago
  IPTV is not part of my vocabulary. Bittorrent is a pain. I use netflix, ted, fora.tv, youtube, vimeo and whatever else percolates into my spectrum of social content aggregators, google reader, facebook.
  - mbreese 17y ago
    IPTV / Internet TV / basically Revision 3 style content with defined shows that come out on a somewhat regular schedule.

opoloqo 17y ago

re: small minority. Yesterday I was sitting in a dark old-timer bar in MT and heard two of the old salts telling some younger guys (mid-40s) about the wonder of Netflix. I am experiencing this more and more with people. Just a short matter of time.

saturdayplace 17y ago
> Just a short matter of time. Obviously, in Conan's case NBC has proven that they're not willing to wait for any reasonably short time period when trying out new things. I'm betting the reason that's the case is because advertisers aren't either. Until the advertising dollar moves onto the Internet, it's not going to make sense for a Conan to do the same. I agree that it's a matter of time before we stop talking about IPTV as something new or separate from TV, but that timeframe isn't going to be determined as much by consumers (your old salts) as it is by the advertisers.