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"I'm an avid podcast listener. I listen to 5+ hours podcasts everyday." How do you have time for that? Do you listen while doing light work? Looks like a great

• wenbin 9y ago
  I wear AirPods while coding. You know, modern programming work involves a lot of mechanical work... like moving code block around, copy & paste... For such mechanical work, I can multitask by listening to podcasts -- so I don't feel that I waste time :) Whenever I need to think, I just double tap my AirPods to pause. I also listen podcasts during commute, workout, doing grocery, ... I heard serval of my friends said that they spend more time listening to podcasts / audiobooks than watching TV / reading books. I don't know whether it's silicon valley bubble or it's actually a trend :)
  • purephase 9y ago
    I'm with you up until the part about listening while coding. For all of the other more mundane tasks like shopping, dishes, showering, video games, commuting throwing on a podcast makes sense. I just can't concentrate on code and a podcast at the same time. Both will suffer if I try to combine them. Great service! Thanks for sharing.
  • tazard 9y ago
    I'm a full time student with a part time job, and I probably average between 2 and 3 hours of podcasts a day. I live nowhere near silicon valley.
• millette 9y ago
  Time? Speed-listen, as was discussed a couple of weeks ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15741428 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15741428
  • dvddgld 9y ago
    He listens to podcasts for 5 hours or more per day, not 5 hours of content in less time.