{"id":373,"date":"2008-09-09T05:45:28","date_gmt":"2008-09-09T10:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=373"},"modified":"2008-09-09T05:45:28","modified_gmt":"2008-09-09T10:45:28","slug":"podcasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2008\/09\/09\/podcasts\/","title":{"rendered":"PodCasts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Got the quote of th day from an escape pod<\/a> pod cast. Since I walk to college and generally think while walking (truth be told I do a lot of my thinking during my walks to school) and since starting work, doing my thinking during my daily commute podcast was not really an option for me since if I had my headphones on and my normal absent mindedness while walking I was bound to die early.
\nI started getting addicted to podcast because of TED<\/a> talks, and the various pod casts that the Bayesian Heresy<\/a> blog links to. I must say that I find it hard concentrating on one task alone, I usually can concentrate when I am ignoring another task.
\nEnter podcast, since last week I’ve been working in a no internet access mac mini and doing lots of work, my only source of distraction is the podcast. The pod cast acts as the thing I am ignoring and its done wonders to my productivity. That said It’s not that I am not able to listen while working rather i seem to like thinking of two things at once, a light thinking task (listening to podcast) and a heavy thinking task (work\/studying stuff). I suspect that this is the reason that I am not a good exam taker, except when they allow you to bring an mp3 player, or you can sing to yourself while taking the exam.
\nThat said , specially for people who do not have full internet access at their terminals podcast may give you enough information to give you a sense of learning some things beyond what you are doing. Helps you develop orthogonal skills that may be useful in another future situation.
\nI’d even burn you a cd of some of the podcast in my machine if you ask me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Got the quote of th day from an escape pod pod cast. Since I walk to college and generally think while walking (truth be told I do a lot of my thinking during my walks to school) and since starting work, doing my thinking during my daily commute podcast was not really an option for … <\/p>\n

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