Podcast Lifestyle but sometimes with if and elses

 

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If you listen to podcast, you will find that Internet is full of it. I do enjoy listening how people talk about things in podcast. I generally listen to hanselminutes , dotnetrocks (Carl Franklin) and few obscure ones.  All the episodes of hanselminutes  are available in Itunes. Generally I download the latest episode sync into my ipod touch then as my wife busy cooking, I put in the phones in my ear and try to give out some hand, though I remember only to comment and watch but often help preparing salads :-).  So, last February  before coming from Kuala Lumpur , I bought an IPod touch. Me and my wife both enjoy  listening to it, I watched  all the Mix 08 videos on it, I do use it to update my twitter status when I am at a coffee shop using the WIFI. Finally, browsing Internet with it a real fun,  usually with the tap and zoom feature.

Anyway, its nice to listen to podcasts and talk shows which has become a part of daily lives. Starting from nowhere it is now a source for good knowledge.  As recently, I have come to know a cool xaml tool named Kaxaml and Git source control from Linus Torvalds himself. Also, it is nice hear from dotnetrocks about how Phill Hack get into Microsoft or the great Scott Guthrie wrote MVC framework while flying on an airplane. 

While I have busy time at work through out the day. I do enjoy listening to all these and more , when I need a thoughtful relax and looking out to ideas for implementing or enhancing my own personal projects.

Now coming back to Ipod, its really a cool device starting from browsing while you are at starbucks , listening to music or watching TV shows when you are on the go. But, one thing for sure it has Itunes bundled with it, so beware of your wallet. One good thing about Zune (Yes the only Zune) that you can sync contents wirelessly and sometimes listen to FM radio , that this great device is not able to provide yet. Also, to be honest I didn't like costly money oriented (or object oriented you say) upgrades that apple offers, it really gives me pain. Yes, this is good device but the dark tails with it goes directly to your wallet. It could have been a more popular device if there were some generosity shown by apple for its content management, DRM rules and pricing.  But still with BOSE accessories (sound-dock) , its a fun device you don't want to miss :-).

That's it that came to my mind for now. Also, I want to draw the finish line before the post becomes a soap opera :-) . As it sounds it is a non-technical post , here I haven't talked about LINQ, using LinqExtender toolkit, MVC or anything like it. But do throw me your opinion.

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  • Well, I want to take part in this Microsoft and Apple game. I'm a typical user. I use lot's of gazettes, but still I want to play with them in a simple way.

    I had a Zune and a iPod and also a iPhone. I did not like iPod and iPhone. In fact I did not like Zune too. Cause putting songs, videos or music in them is a pain. I always have to use the 3rd party software. iTunes always sux for me. But Zune was simpler to manage, specially the latest version. There ware some hack to put files on a Zune over WiFi. iPhone/iPod doesn't have that functionality.

    Now some days ago I got a HTC Touch phone based on Windows Mobile 6 Professional Operating System. You won't believe that still I did not put the CDs in my computer to check what the hell are there.

    I just pair my computer with the phone using Bluetooth and transfer files. I must tell you that I used lots of phones in my life and Windows Mobile is the simpler one. Lots of options and finally again they are simple. I know I need to learn a lot still, but it's the best one can have.

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