It looks like my geek mentor Josh is enjoying discovering new stuff off of FM radio, but for the most part, I’ve given up listening to the radio. On my commute (about 20 minutes each way), I prefer to listen to podcasts or my own music collection. Maybe it’s the control freak in me, but I just don’t like being stuck listening to the DJ commentary or flipping through all the presets multiple times in search for something I want to listen to.
There is so much awesome content hidden in podcasts that I feel like I have an endless supply of material that interests me. Today I’m looking forward to the next episode of MobileTechRoundup on my way home! After that, I need to catch up on Tips From The Top Floor (digital photography) and Leo Laporte’s Tech Guy Podcast (one day I hope to be able to explain things as simply as he can to the techno-phobes).
I’ve recently rediscovered the joy of watching video podcasts on my UMPC. I’ve learned a ton about photo editing from Meet The Gimp and the Photo Walkthrough video podcasts.
I LOVE having access to all this information!
Yeah, I’ve pretty much given up on radio, except for NPR, which I usually listen to in the car. It’s like podcast stuff I’m interested in, but, you know, live.
Interesting that NPR has caused my to buy 2 albums in the last 2 days. I never really paid attention to their music features, but maybe I just got lucky.
NPR is probably my only exception – there are a number of programs like “Car Talk” that I like to listen to once in a while. NPR has quite a few of those programs available as podcasts now though!