Comments on: Soundseeing to Sightseeing: Good or Not? http://www.contentious.com/2005/01/14/soundseeing-to-sightseeing/ Amy Gahran's news and musings on how we communicate in the online age. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:09:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Travis Swicegood http://www.contentious.com/2005/01/14/soundseeing-to-sightseeing/comment-page-1/#comment-8723 Travis Swicegood Wed, 19 Jan 2005 22:15:47 +0000 #comment-8723 Very cool Amy. I think when you're listening, or reading for that matter, your mind is going to make the visual it wants to see of everything. It's what happens when you read a book, then watch the movie and it seems like it was taken from a different source. Your podcast gave me the picture I could see, then the real pictures seemed familiar, but different. I imagine if I go back and listen to the program again, I'd "see" things differently. An NPR show - This American Life, I think - did something similar in New York a few months ago. It was really interesting to listen to the normal goings of one of the ferry crossing or some other similar junction point in NYC. In one of the comments in the podcast post, someone mentioned biking - I may have to try that. It would be interesting to see what comes out of a rolling commentary on the country side. Very cool Amy. I think when you’re listening, or reading for that matter, your mind is going to make the visual it wants to see of everything. It’s what happens when you read a book, then watch the movie and it seems like it was taken from a different source. Your podcast gave me the picture I could see, then the real pictures seemed familiar, but different. I imagine if I go back and listen to the program again, I’d “see” things differently.

An NPR show - This American Life, I think - did something similar in New York a few months ago. It was really interesting to listen to the normal goings of one of the ferry crossing or some other similar junction point in NYC.

In one of the comments in the podcast post, someone mentioned biking - I may have to try that. It would be interesting to see what comes out of a rolling commentary on the country side.

]]> By: Che Zee http://www.contentious.com/2005/01/14/soundseeing-to-sightseeing/comment-page-1/#comment-7793 Che Zee Fri, 14 Jan 2005 23:25:45 +0000 #comment-7793 cool, really nice soundseeing podcast thanks, I highly recommend you visit www.audible.com and listen to the soundseeing series Soundwalk, or visit soundwalk.com directly. cool, really nice soundseeing podcast thanks, I highly recommend you visit http://www.audible.com and listen to the soundseeing series Soundwalk, or visit soundwalk.com directly.

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