Sound bytes and Syndication
On the way to work I like to read the compact format of the Times newspaper on the train (I hate it when people sit next to you on the train and then try and open a broad sheet !) and it got me thinking about why I like it so much.
The compact format of the times has a columb down the left hand side of various pages that contains snippets and excerpts from other articles in the paper. and i like reading them as it quickly gets me up to spead on whats happening in the world and lets me know what articles are likley to be interesting to me. then I was thinking about president bush being sworn in and the mumber of people attending the ceromony. the number seemed quite small considering the number of americans on the plantet. do we now live in a world where we like our news to be short sweet and already digested ? I know I do.
I think nowadays people are happy to accept a picture from a mobile phone or a text message about an event as a substitute to actualy atending the event.
I guess perhaps this is a reflection on the pace of life nowadays.