Just a quick note to any of you out there looking for Dai-cast Episode 3. The episode will be delayed by about a day or so, awaiting the delivery of new editing software for the show. Rest assured, the show is recorded, and will soon be ready to go. Until then, courage…
Monthly Archive for January, 2006
How many of you out there are familiar with “The View”, the daytime talk show featuring a number of middle aged women hashing over the latest “news” in the world. I just came to a disturbing revalation that I should elaborate on now that I’m no longer pleasantly buzzed. (And damn Drunkenbatman for stealing the “drunken”-superhero name from everyone who is indy).
I would herebly like to submit my theory that “This Week in Tech“, hosted by Leo Laporte, is nothing more than “The View” for geeks. That’s right, members of the TWIT army, (myself included), you are nothing more than a bunch of middle aged women watching daytime trash television!
Ahem…
Now that I’ve got your attention, let’s look a bit deeper, and find out why this isn’t really so much of a bad thing. I’m a geek, I’ll readily admit that, and as a geek, the mainstream media, by and large, holds little interest to me. Judge Judy, Montel Williams, those Saturday afternoon fishing shows, and talk radio have never really clicked with me.
Enter the world of narrowcasting! Podcasting, vidcasting, folksonomy-tuned rss photo feeds, new technologies distilling the wealth of media out there to only what you want to experience. This has allowed show like “The Week in Tech“, “Diggnation“, and the “MuggleCast” to spring up and find a loyal, and large, audience. What this means however, in the context of this post, is that we geeks now have our very own trash media to consume. And I for one enjoy it.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to get back to listening to a group of middle aged, slightly overweight computer geeks yammer on about the latest “news”.
As most of you can tell, I’ve come down with a sort of case of writers block whith regards to this site, there hasn’t been a post here for about three weeks, despite the fact that since then I’ve installed linux on an xBox, purchased numerous gadgets, and been back and forth to Tokyo for the turning of the year. And that’s what’s driving the block.
When I first made the jump to a dedicated tiltyhouse.com from Futurtastic (hosted on blogger), I envisioned a blog that was purely business; that is to say, that I didn’t want to turn readers away by simply making this site a personal journal. I have a real problem with vanity sites. Unfortunately, one of my other visions was an active blog, one that could keep you coming back (or refreshing your feeds) to find new and interesting content. Sadly, despite two episodes of Dai-Cast, and a third in preproduction, this site is still without any meaty content.
So, the question becomes: Do I add personal content to the site in an effort to increase activity, but at risk of diluting the brand? Well, there are many other successful sites out there that mix business with pleasure. Binary Bonsai, Airbag, and Kottke.org come to mind, and have remained productive, and interesting. The difficult part is always finding the delicate balance between blog, and vanity site.
I also have to ask myself, what does the tiltyhouse “brand” represent? When people have asked, the answer has always been that it is a personal brand. Ergo if tiltyhouse is the brand, than Ian Horner can be one of the products, right up there with Dai-cast and anything else that may spring forth from my forehead. (And as with all tiltyhouse products, your comments are greatly appreciated).
So, look forward to more posts, now with X% more “life”.
