My Media Diet: No Rest for the Weary

The brilliant and indefatigable Arun Rajagopal requested that I share my media consumption habits.

Books
I read mostly nonfiction -- focusing on business and marketing, history and current events, self-help and philosophy --, but I've been trying to break out of that by reading a little more fiction. To that end, I read The Sea Wolf by Jack London last month. I just finished The Christian Husband 2 nights ago. Currently I'm making my way through the excellent *Personality Not Included, for which I will write at least one review when I finish, and Hitler 1936-1945 by Ian Kershaw.

News
I admit it. Although I love newsprint for reasons David Reich, Bob Glaza and Tangerine Toad all expressed at one point or another, I still get most of my news online. I regularly check USAToday.com, MSNBC.com, WorldNetDaily (plus its print monthly, Whistleblower), and various news aggregation websites such as The Drudge Report and Scott Baradell's Spin Thicket, both of which often take me to news stories on websites I would not have otherwise found. I also pick up whatever is lying around here in the office. There is usually a Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Dallas Morning News, and a USA Today around here somewhere.

RSS Feeds

Podcasts

Who's Next?
Now I'm going to look to the younger generation to see what our future holds. I'm interested in what media Nathan Snell, Ryan Karpales, The Great Haw, and Mario Vellandi are consuming. And because I need some help in speaking and writing (and because I've found their contributions very helpful), I also want to hear from Lisa Braithwaite and Kristin Gorski.

Step up to the plate. Time to share. :)

- Cam Beck

Comments

[Kristin Gorski (KG)]

Hi Cam — Thanks for the tag! More soon.

[scott]

You sure are sweet for a rich white guy, Cam.

[Arun Rajagopal]

A really short, sweet post Cam. Thank you for running with the meme tag. I particularly dig the learn Spanish podcasts in your iTunes. How fluent are you with Spanish?

[Cam Beck]

Kristin - Looking forward to it!

Scott - [sigh]

Arun - I'm not. I've listened to a few CDs and learning Spanish is on my list of "things to do," but I haven't made effective use of them yet.

[Jay Ehret]

That's a whole lot of consuming. There is one noticeable absence from iTunes podcast subscriptions. :-)

Thanks for sharing your Google Reader screen shot. You've given me some organizational ideas for mine.

[Cam Beck]

Jay ... I swear to you this is true... I took that screen shot this morning, and I *just finished* listening to your latest podcast, and I'm now subscribed.

I told you this before, but you've got wicked presentation skills. I can now add "interviewing skill" to the list of things you do well. :)

[mvellandi]

Hey, I love the 'younger' reference...and while I suppose it's true, I do happen to be 30. Anyways, I'll do a post in the next few days or so.

[David Reich]

Interesting media diet, Cam. I like your eclectic ook list.

[Andrew B. Clark]

Great references, Cam. I've been reviewing where all of my "subscriptions" have gone (and why my coffee table looks so bare). My last post on The Brand Chef talks about how publishers are migrating to the Web just to survive...

Now I feel like I need to read even more.

Keep Cooking!
Andrew

[Nathan Snell]

Thanks for the tag, Cam!

I'll be sure to follow up with this after I graduate today :)

[Cam Beck]

Mario - I didn't establish a cutoff age. But I'm sure you're really close to it. :)

David - I'm interested in so many things now, I wish I started earlier. There's no way for me to get through them all.

Andrew - Thank you. Me too. :)

Nathan - Congrats! That's awesome news.

[Lisa Braithwaite]

Thanks for the tag, Cam. I'll get that posted this week. It's a scary prospect. ..

[Nathan Snell]

What? Mario isn't 30. What a liar.