It has occurred to me recently that I spend a lot of time doing things where I could be listening to an interesting podcast and learning some new things, like when I'm getting ready for work in the morning or walking to the bus stop. I've been enjoying listening to the two podcasts of /Off The Wall/ and /Off The Hook/ put out by /2600/ that are taken from their terrestrial radio shows, but I figure there are a lot of interesting ones that I haven't heard of yet. Pretty much all of my development is Windows so I looked at the MSDN site but they don't seem to really push podcasting as a way of delivering news about their developer technologies, and it doesn't seem like they've organized the podcasts put out by their developer-bloggers. Are there any really good ones I should be catching but am not? I'm more interested in listening to podcasters who do it out of a genuine hacker enthusiasm than listening to some corporate tech-news site's token offering where they reiterate all the technobabble and doublespeak that is faxed to them in press releases.
Video podcasts are OK too.
I listen to the Rails Envy podcast, it's more so related to Ruby and Ruby on Rails than general programming.
Does TWiT count? I only listen when Dvorak isn't there, though. Hate that guy.
There are programming related podcasts? Then again, I've watched electronics related stuff (amateurlogic.tv), so why not...
> than listening to some corporate tech-news site's token offering where they reiterate all the technobabble and doublespeak that is faxed to them in press releases.
Mmhmm. That seems to be pretty much all traditional media, unfortunately. So I guess there's definitely room for podcasts.
Sorry for not being very useful.
I actually did manage to find an interesting one named Hanselminutes. The focus tends to be on web development but there's some Windows stuff on there too.
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I've heard praise for TWiT in various IRC channels but it was by non-programmers, is the content any good?
>>6 Leo's an OK moderator, and the guests are generally good, but you have to be able to put up with Dvorak's shit if you listen weekly.
Check out http://www.dotnetrocks.com/ if youre a Microsoft guy.
Dvorak is hilarious. You just have to realize that he's a highly successful troll and accept that nothing he says is at all based in fact or even intended to make sense.
Of course that might not be the reality of things; however, for purposes of my own sanity, that's the way I prefer to look at it.
Thank you for this tip; this one sounds good.