![]() And if I am living in a little world of my own making, it is not doing a great deal for my connection to the world at large. As a print guy, I have always thought that magazines and newspapers were the ultimate in portable media - I even learned that fancy subway fold so I could read broadsheet newspapers without bonking my seatmate in the nose to get to the next page. The ability to download programming of my choosing gives me a new kind of private, restorative time, a virtual third place between a frantic workplace and a home brimming with activity.īut I feel a little dirty. You now stare at bejeweled color and crisp lines rendered in miniature. Its limitations - a viewing experience that requires headphones and a hand-held screen - create a level of intimacy that arcs to television in its infancy, when the glowing object was so marvelous it begat silent reverie. The new iPod is its own little addictive medium. But consumers have downloaded three million video programs from iTunes since the new video iPod became available in October. ![]() Much was made of how silly it was for Apple to believe people would watch television on a 2.5-inch screen. The portable show meant my commute, which I have always hated with the force of 10,000 suns, had become a little "me" time. Claire was clearly about to go into labor and John Locke, the sage of the show, had been acting funny of late. I ducked instead, racing to the back of the bus because season one of the ABC mystery-adventure "Lost" was waiting on my iPod. Further up the line, I saw a neighbor - a smart, funny woman I would normally love to share the dismal ride with. Last Tuesday night, I took my place in the bus queue for the commute home. ![]() ![]() Taken to a New Place, by a TV in the Palm ![]()
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