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December 23, 2009
The Modern Driveway Moment
Public radio has this thing they call a driveway moment. (Oh, Mary, mother of God, it’s not just something they call a driveway moment, it’s something they have obtained a service mark for—so it’s a Driveway Moment[sm].)
Anyway, the idea is that you are listening to a story so compelling that when you arrive at your destination, like your home driveway, instead of turning off the radio (how quaint, listening to a live broadcast but that’s the demographic), you sit in your car and listen to the rest of the piece.
There are a lot of implications in that which have to do with the driveway. You drive a car. You have a driveway. You have the time (or will make the time) to sit in the car instead of going instead. You got it: 40-60 year old Caucasians living in suburbs.
Anyway, again, the modern driveway moment is different for me. I plug my iPhone into an integrated car stereo which charges and plays back content directly. I listen to a podcast; this morning, it was one of my favorite NPR productions, Planet Money, which exists only as a podcast with some pieces also being aired.
I arrived at my destination, and the piece is so interesting, I don’t stay in the car. I unhook the iPod, plug in my headphones, and listen to the rest of the podcast as I walk to work. When I arrive at work, I dock the iPod and continue to play it, now through speakers in the office.
What’s that? The Intermodal Playback Moments? I don’t know what to call it.
Posted by Glennf at 9:26 AM
December 20, 2009
Where Is Waldo, Anyway?
It was quiet in the other room. Too quiet. What are the kids doing? READING! Woo hoo! Well, sort of. Eye strain for Where’s Waldo.
Posted by Glennf at 9:08 PM | TrackBack
Where Is Waldo, Anyway?
It was quiet in the other room. Too quiet. What are the kids doing? READING! Woo hoo! Well, sort of. Eye strain for Where’s Waldo.