Mindful podcast listening

Mindful podcast listening

Poorly Drawn Lines: PodcastsI have been listening to podcast for a long time. I have blogged about this previously. During that time, I have changed devices and players. I might have started with a classic iPod, then went to a Symbian phone, now on Android, first with BeyondPod and currently Pocket Casts. The one constant was the increasing number of podcasts and episodes I had to deal with every week. I do love the variety and coming across weird episodes on "In Our Time", where I learn about topics I would never have known about. ...

April 7, 2025 · 3 min · Christof Damian
Podcasts

Podcasts

I can't remember when I started to listen to podcasts. I am sure I was not an early adopter. It might have been around 2004 using iPodder on Linux with the first iPod and later an iPod Shuffle. Over the years I used various tools and devices to download podcasts and now have settled on Pocket Casts on Android. It has nice sync functionality between multiple devices and a useful web interface too. The web app is also useful to pull up the recently starred episodes for my Friday Links.I have a silly amount of subscriptions, the list below are the main ones which are still active and the ones I am still listen to regularly. ...

December 22, 2020 · 6 min · Christof Damian

Frdiay Links

GitHub launches Sponsors, lets you pay your favorite open-source contributors https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/23/github-launches-sponsors-lets-you-pay-your-favorite-open-source-contributors/amp/ Tag Manager: Introducing Custom Templates https://www.blog.google/products/marketingplatform/analytics/tag-manager-introducing-custom-templates/ 3 reasons you fail at communication in the workplace and how to improve https://www.atlassian.com/blog/teamwork/how-to-improve-communication-in-the-workplace Improving a session cookie https://rjp.is/blogging/posts/session-cookies/ Structured data and Google https://www.brucelawson.co.uk/2019/structured-data-and-google/ Let’s talk about procrastination https://wildbit.com/blog/2019/05/21/lets-talk-about-procrastination Kent Beck: SB Changes https://medium.com/@kentbeck_7670/bs-changes-e574bc396aaa Fowler: TechnicalDebt https://martinfowler.com/bliki/TechnicalDebt.html 4 reasons your marketing team needs a new approach https://www.atlassian.com/blog/confluence/ultimate-guide-for-marketing-teams Uber, Lyft drivers manipulate fares at Reagan National causing artificial price surges https://wjla.com/news/local/uber-and-lyft-drivers-fares-at-reagan-national 5 Ways Your Company May Be Misusing OKRs https://medium.com/@itamargilad/5-ways-your-company-may-be-misusing-okrs-3d5cdb22aa4e Uber Data Reveals Motoring Slower Than Walking In Many Cities https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2019/05/22/uber-data-reveals-motoring-slower-than-walking-in-many-cities/#cdb094716fb2 Keyur Govande - Migrating a Monolith to the Cloud https://youtu.be/6UlgP9RgJ-M ...

May 24, 2019 · 1 min · Christof Damian

Radio & Talk Podcasts

This is the second list of podcasts. These are all the talk, radio and video podcasts I listen too. At the moment I have a bit of a problem of lacking behind. This is a sign of me skipping the gym to often. It is a mix of news, technology, documentary and comedy. Most of the podcasts are from the BBC Apple Keynotes rss www Book Reviews With Simon Mayo rss www Broadcasting House rss www Daily Mayo rss www Digital Planet rss www Discovery rss www Documentaries rss www Excess Baggage rss www From Our Own Correspondent rss www Gastrocast rss www Global News rss www Great Lives rss www H&M Fashion TV rss www In Our Time With Melvyn Bragg rss www iTunes: Meet the Author rss www John Cleese Podcast rss www Jonathan Ross rss www Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo’s Film Reviews rss www Men.Style.com: Fashion, Gear & Style for Men rss www One Planet rss www Open Voices: The Linux Foundation Podcast rss www Open Web Podcast rss www Pods and Blogs rss www Radio 1 Stories rss www Radio 4 Choice rss www Russell Brand rss www Science in Action rss www Snowmail Podcast rss www Start the Week with Andrew Marr rss www Stephen Fry’s PODGRAMS rss www The Economist rss www The Film Programme rss www The Moth Podcast rss www Thinking Allowed rss www World Book Club rss www You and Yours - Environment rss www

March 6, 2009 · 2 min · Christof Damian

My music podcast selection

This are the music podcasts I am listening too at the moment. It is mostly techno, but also house and some dub. And whatever last.fm thinks I would enjoy. dailysessionhttp://dailysession.com/?feed=podcast DE:BUG POD - a netaudio podcasthttp://www.de-bug.de/pod/wp-rss2.phpelectro house & house & techno mixhttp://djbene.podspot.de/rssGalaktika Records Podcast: Minimal, Electro and House hottests tunes!http://www.galaktikarecords.com/podcast.xmlIbiza Voice Music Boxhttp://www.ibiza-voice.com/music/rss_podcast.phpLast.fm free recommended downloads for cdamian’shttp://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/user/cdamian/podcast.xmlMinimal(maximal) Techno DJ mixes by Louis de Bourbonhttp://www.graphicjuice.co.uk/podcast/podcast.xmlMinimalNethttp://www.minimalnet.org/feedMinus Podcast:http://m-nus.com/podcast.xmlNetAudio Russiahttp://www.netaudio.ru/feedResident Advisor podcasthttp://www.residentadvisor.net/xml/podcast.xmlStarfrosch - Free MP3 Download - Acidhttp://starfrosch.ch/download_music/acid/feedStarfrosch - Free MP3 Download - Breakshttp://starfrosch.ch/download_music/breaks/feedStarfrosch - Free MP3 Download - DJ-Mixhttp://starfrosch.ch/download_music/dj_mix/feedStarfrosch - Free MP3 Download - Drum and Basshttp://starfrosch.chdownload_music/drum_and_bass/feedStarfrosch - Free MP3 Download - Dubhttp://starfrosch.ch/download_music/dub/feed Starfrosch - Free MP3 Download - Electronichttp://starfrosch.ch/download_music/electronic/feedStarfrosch - Free MP3 Download - Househttp://starfrosch.ch/download_music/house/feedStarfrosch - Free MP3 Download - Minimalhttp://starfrosch.ch/download_music/minimal/feedStarfrosch - Free MP3 Download - Technohttp://starfrosch.ch/download_music/techno/feedthe fabric podcasthttp://feeds.fabriclondon.com/fabricpodcast I would upload the OPML file, but blogger.com doesn’t allow attachments.

September 23, 2008 · 1 min · Christof Damian