I'm continuing a thread started in Media Free? That's easy...and scary. Know why? (Part 1). You can find the link thread at the bottom of this post. I'm pondering if it's true that people have a hard time unplugging and getting off the grid.
Part 1 mentioned several blog posts that caught my eye and lead to this thread. Part 2 linked announcing going off the grid with asking someone to watch your house while you're away and Part 3 provided some hints as to why some people can get off the grid more easily than others. We continue from there.
A local cable provider has a commercial that I love. I don't think the company's all that hot and will upgrade away from them when the opportunity arises. The commercial, though, I love. It's part of a series of commercials featuring two tortoises (husband and wife), living in the suburbs and staying with DSL rather than upgrading to a faster, cable connection.The commercial that I really like has the husband tortoise downloading a large file. The bar meter pops up on his screen showing how long it'll take and how slowly it's happening and he delightfully says, "Ahh...me time."
Did I mention that the reason I'll upgrade away from them has nothing to do with connection speed?
Ahh...Me time.
The way this commercial chooses to get it's point across is fascinating to me. Time to think, to ponder, to wonder, to focus on one's self...These are negatives and to be avoided.
Heaven forbid, we might miss another YouTube video.
(more to follow)
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Links for this post:
- Email Bankruptcy blog posts
- The Eventing Yourself Blog arc
- Going Off the Grid
- In this arc:
- MediaFreeZones
- Proof I'm a Luddite
- Unplugging... why is it so hard?
- Voluntary Simplification blog posts
- IMedia Brand Summit on 9-12 Sept 07
- XChange on 20-21 Sept 07
- DC Emetrics Summit on 14-17 Oct '07
- Society for New Communications Research Annual Research Symposium & Awards Gala on 5-6 Dec 07 in Boston.
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