David Thulin responds to the Media Consumption Diet question by asking what media we produce. I will follow his format.
Email
Yesterday I sent about 40 emails, maybe half of them internal to our company, about half to clients, and a few to other people.
Blogging
I write on average once a day during the week. I leave a comment or two per day on average, though the way it really works is that once a week I use my lunchtime to read and comment on blogs. My posts are a bit on the long side, but not by much.
Video/Audio/Research
I don’t do any of this for public consumption.
Facebook
I import my blog into facebook, and I write notes and scribble on friends’ walls. This is mostly public media production.
Comparing this with my media consumption diet and my social consumption diet, it becomes clear that I take in a great deal more than I produce.
Is that good? Bad? If it were the case that I take in a lot of information and output only quality, then I would look favorably on this imbalance.
The comparison is really interesting – thank you for thinking of this. I believe that I, as you, consume way more than I produce. I wonder what that means – what type of person produces more than they consume? Does anybody?
If one were to consider the time consumption factor for media creation/consumption I expect them to be closer together, at least in my case. I mean, it is easier to quickly read 10 blog posts than it is to create 10 blog posts!
I think it is a filtering thing. I input from everywhere I find relevant, and output only what I think my coworkers/clients HAVE to know. I try to use my time to save their time.
A while ago a client asked about podcasting. So I asked Jeremiah, and then posted his answer, so for anyone else, they should just look there for Podcasting 101. A time saver for sure.
I am less sure of how my more day-to-day filtering efficiency is.
I appreciate that Brian filters for me. Producing less than consuming makes total sense if your goal is to filter for your readers.
In business, it is almost always a good idea to know more than you share…to have more depth than you need to provide to your clients.
I am thinking that the function that filtering has for easing media consumption, there are functions for easing media creation as well.
Like iMovie, blogging directly from Flickr/YouTube, one click posting via WordPress etc.
I wish I didnt have to type as much – I wish I could simply think words and have them appear.
So how savvy are you/we regarding media consumption as compared to media creation?
I’d say I am decent at the former but not savvy about media production.
Agreed. I too am much better at consuming. But I wish that wasn’t the case – I believe that in many cases it is much more gratifying to create than consume.
Next step? A top 10 list of media creation life-hacks, right? Streamlining the process of creating quality content and media – and I do not even know where to start…
Connecting my WordPress installation with my Flickr and YouTube account was a good move.
Any ideas?