Comments for Something For Everybody http://www.willhawes.com An emerging narrative. Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:26:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=8828 Comment on Alternatives to Satellite and Cable… by Dan http://www.willhawes.com/?p=140&cpage=1#comment-685 Dan Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:26:59 +0000 http://www.willhawes.com/?p=140#comment-685 i completely agree with appletv. love it. and i know others who have built home media servers, which requires a bit of know how but it's all getting better. i have friends who use tivo, too, but i am not sure how they work it: do they have basic cable and then use tivo for access to netflix, something like that, or do they pay for it all. i am lucky to have fiber to the home, but i know exactly what you're saying. we pay for the midlevel service (almost have to) and no premium channels. if it was just me, i'd ditch cable. but with the wife and kid, can't really do that. i completely agree with appletv. love it. and i know others who have built home media servers, which requires a bit of know how but it’s all getting better. i have friends who use tivo, too, but i am not sure how they work it: do they have basic cable and then use tivo for access to netflix, something like that, or do they pay for it all. i am lucky to have fiber to the home, but i know exactly what you’re saying. we pay for the midlevel service (almost have to) and no premium channels. if it was just me, i’d ditch cable. but with the wife and kid, can’t really do that.

]]> Comment on About TV and why it sucks now more than ever… by Jason http://www.willhawes.com/?p=153&cpage=1#comment-684 Jason Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:51:31 +0000 http://www.willhawes.com/?p=153#comment-684 Cheers - screw reality TV and all related to it! Cheers – screw reality TV and all related to it!

]]> Comment on Alternatives to Satellite and Cable… by Lucinda http://www.willhawes.com/?p=140&cpage=1#comment-391 Lucinda Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:35:11 +0000 http://www.willhawes.com/?p=140#comment-391 Hey, go completely off the grid and don't bother with TV. I watch mine, maybe, twice a year. Am I missing a lot? :) I don't know why I don't even think to turn it on. I'd may as well be Mennonite. Hey, go completely off the grid and don’t bother with TV. I watch mine, maybe, twice a year. Am I missing a lot? :) I don’t know why I don’t even think to turn it on. I’d may as well be Mennonite.

]]> Comment on Alternatives to Satellite and Cable… by Will http://www.willhawes.com/?p=140&cpage=1#comment-381 Will Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:49:37 +0000 http://www.willhawes.com/?p=140#comment-381 Completely agree. I'm installing AppleTV this weekend and going "off the grid" err-- TV wise, I mean, on Sunday. Definitely will be posting more on this... Completely agree. I’m installing AppleTV this weekend and going “off the grid” err– TV wise, I mean, on Sunday. Definitely will be posting more on this…

]]> Comment on More on twitter, Facebook, all of it… by Glen F. http://www.willhawes.com/?p=113&cpage=1#comment-338 Glen F. Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:23:18 +0000 http://www.willhawes.com/?p=113#comment-338 Very accurate metaphorical descriptions of MyFaceTwitter. I think I am going to steal that and use that in my next one-too-many intellectual bar conversation :) Awesome. Very accurate metaphorical descriptions of MyFaceTwitter. I think I am going to steal that and use that in my next one-too-many intellectual bar conversation :) Awesome.

]]> Comment on Alternatives to Satellite and Cable… by Glen F. http://www.willhawes.com/?p=140&cpage=1#comment-337 Glen F. Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:20:27 +0000 http://www.willhawes.com/?p=140#comment-337 AppleTV changed everything for me. There is one in my bedroom, one in the living room, and a box in my son's room. I could pay $75 a month to cable/sat provider - or I could pay $0.99 per episode or $1 - $3 per movie I wanted to watch - the TV shows I now own, the movies I have 24 hours to view/review at my leisure. All available ON DEMAND - when I want them. And since I house everything in iTunes on my main computer in the house - I can serve them up to any TV in the house - along with music if they happen to be attached to a stereo system. Not a sales pitch - just an explanation of the product. What I found is that with a HiDef antenna for events happening NOW, which I get for free over the air, and my ATV which serves up my shows when/if I want them (if I want to save up 5 episodes of Lost! to watch back-to-back one weekend) - my choice. Stuff for the kiddo is usually free, Sesame Street episodes, etc. and for cartoons, his library has been built a few shows a week for a while - which has all he really needs to watch - but now has a pretty hefty library of Sponge Bob, etc. ;) You spend less. It is commercial-free. You get better quality programming because YOU choose when/what you watch. And don't forget about Podcasts (all free) - The Nightly News with Brian Williams, etc. is released immediately following the broadcast, setup to auto-download to my library everyday, so if I want my chunk of murders, mayhem, and meltdowns (financial but I wanted to keep the alliteration rolling there) - it is right there when I want it. Every Sunday, whether I am here or not, Meet The Press is downloaded to my iTunes library for free for my viewing pleasure if/when I get around to watching it - no commercials. Figure $1 an hour for this season's TV shows or movies - that is almost 19 hours of TV a week - I don't watch near that much - so for me, this has been a great solution. AppleTV changed everything for me. There is one in my bedroom, one in the living room, and a box in my son’s room.

I could pay $75 a month to cable/sat provider – or I could pay $0.99 per episode or $1 – $3 per movie I wanted to watch – the TV shows I now own, the movies I have 24 hours to view/review at my leisure. All available ON DEMAND – when I want them. And since I house everything in iTunes on my main computer in the house – I can serve them up to any TV in the house – along with music if they happen to be attached to a stereo system. Not a sales pitch – just an explanation of the product.

What I found is that with a HiDef antenna for events happening NOW, which I get for free over the air, and my ATV which serves up my shows when/if I want them (if I want to save up 5 episodes of Lost! to watch back-to-back one weekend) – my choice. Stuff for the kiddo is usually free, Sesame Street episodes, etc. and for cartoons, his library has been built a few shows a week for a while – which has all he really needs to watch – but now has a pretty hefty library of Sponge Bob, etc. ;) You spend less. It is commercial-free. You get better quality programming because YOU choose when/what you watch. And don’t forget about Podcasts (all free) – The Nightly News with Brian Williams, etc. is released immediately following the broadcast, setup to auto-download to my library everyday, so if I want my chunk of murders, mayhem, and meltdowns (financial but I wanted to keep the alliteration rolling there) – it is right there when I want it. Every Sunday, whether I am here or not, Meet The Press is downloaded to my iTunes library for free for my viewing pleasure if/when I get around to watching it – no commercials. Figure $1 an hour for this season’s TV shows or movies – that is almost 19 hours of TV a week – I don’t watch near that much – so for me, this has been a great solution.

]]> Comment on Social Media is Overrated and People Are Way Too Giddy About It… by dishPit http://www.willhawes.com/?p=43&cpage=1#comment-5 dishPit Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:22:05 +0000 http://www.willhawes.com/?p=43#comment-5 "...you, me, all of us, should be adding value to each others lives daily in one way or another, and if not, how do we define our personal value? " This struck when I was reading through last week and has crippled my ability to tweet...beyond my exercise in characterization in reference to the Dish Pit blog, my personal twitter account has been silent. “…you, me, all of us, should be adding value to each others lives daily in one way or another, and if not, how do we define our personal value? ”

This struck when I was reading through last week and has crippled my ability to tweet…beyond my exercise in characterization in reference to the Dish Pit blog, my personal twitter account has been silent.

]]> Comment on About by Sharon http://www.willhawes.com/?page_id=2&cpage=1#comment-4 Sharon Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:42:02 +0000 http://www.willhawes.com//?page_id=2#comment-4 I'm very happy to read your blog. I don't know how I have had a part in creating such a bright boy! Because, frankly, I don't know what emerging media narratives are. Will you give me an example? I'm going to roam around your blog for a while... love, Mom I’m very happy to read your blog.
I don’t know how I have had a part in creating such a bright boy! Because, frankly, I don’t know what emerging media narratives are. Will you give me an example?
I’m going to roam around your blog for a while…
love, Mom

]]> Comment on Social Media is Overrated and People Are Way Too Giddy About It… by shell http://www.willhawes.com/?p=43&cpage=1#comment-3 shell Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:31:38 +0000 http://www.willhawes.com/?p=43#comment-3 Bravo!!! Economics has a similar theory about value add it is a means to protect a society from price swings (thus economic peril) due to reliance on commodities. Perhaps in tweet land one must remember the difference between a commodity message and real value add. Keep on the road to your personal value add, it will increase your long term value to society!! Bravo!!! Economics has a similar theory about value add it is a means to protect a society from price swings (thus economic peril) due to reliance on commodities. Perhaps in tweet land one must remember the difference between a commodity message and real value add. Keep on the road to your personal value add, it will increase your long term value to society!!

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