The 2 Week Challenge – No Tech News for 2 Weeks!

Starting yesterday, Monday, September 29, I decided to try a little experiment on myself! On a daily basis I consume anywhere from 10 – 12 hours of Technology News and Technology related Podcasts, directly fed into my ear via iPhone as I walk 8 – 10 miles during my daily route as a US Postal Carrier. My little experiment is meant as a reality check for myself, to focus on the true things that are important! A self-realization in Tech News Deprivation!

I consider myself a junkie when it comes to tech news, and have realized that I seem to have a phobia of some sort that rears its head if I miss a day of tech news podcasts. I have actually arrived late to work because I had to get the latest podcasts loaded to my phone before heading off to work for the day! Yeah! It’s bad!

I plan to deter my obsessions of tech news dependency with a daily dose of comedy and non-tech related podcasts. This also means I cannot refer to my Twitter friends (but I will POST!), or check my “public” email which receives all the current information and blog feeds. This also means I have to avoid reading my magazines, news papers, and various publications that feed me with daily tech news! I can’t even check my stock portfolio, although I will allow myself to observe market trends and DOW performance which is not necessarily tech.

Over the next couple of days I plan on emailing each and every one of the podcasts that I am depriving myself of, to let them know of my experiment. If they were to speak of me, I would never hear it! (Unless it is AFTER the experiment completion!)

To give you an idea of my daily dose of tech news, I subscribe to, and enjoy the following podcasts:

The TWiT Feeds (Leo Laporte & Friends)(Radio Leo) (Link)

This WEEK in TECH
The Tech Guy
MacBreak Weekly
Windows Weekly
Security Now
Jumping Monkeys
Net@Night
Daily Giz Wiz

CNet Feeds(Link)

Buzz Out Loud
The 404
The Buzz Report
Car Tech
Dialed In
The Digital Home
Gadgettes
Indecent Exposure
Inside CNet Labs
The Real Deal
Security Bytes

Other Podcasts

Diggnation (Link)
This Week In Photography (Link)
Apple Phone Show (Link)
Tekzilla (Link)

It seems like a lot of podcasts, but somehow I tend to keep up on all of these shows along with several others that are not Tech related. These non-tech podcasts will be my audible entertainment over the next couple of weeks!

Some shows I WILL be listening to include: