With over one hundred blogs in my feed reader, several publications, numerous books and videos to keep on top of, how do I keep up? Such was the question asked recently.
The purpose of questioning, I suppose, was due to curiosity: I spend so much time doing things, that it seems impossible that there would be time for learning. Since most of us are busy, including the questioner, there is also the subtext to the question: “how can I keep up?” questions the questioner.
The answer is, perhaps, not helpful: “it depends.”
However, I do have a few tricks. So consider this the first installment: Keeping Caught up with Educational DVDs.
What sort of DVDs, you ask? Mostly Photovision’s Video Seminar (note: not a plug!). Every other month they send a 2-hour DVD, and I have to find time to watch it. Time in front of a TV or screen with a DVD player. This competes with various other DVDs: Tony Sweet videos like Visual Literacy
Watching these takes away from work, rest, and family time. But I do make time: when I get them, I rip them to MP4 and load them onto an iPod. This gives me a mobile viewing opportunity, and then I watch: during downtime, when waiting for appointments, etc.
So that’s it: the cheap way of keeping caught up with DVDs.
