Monday, January 18, 2010

So in a span of 2 days, I've become extremely addicted to podcasts. I listen to a little philosophy podcast on my bus ride to work in the morning, a photography podcast on the metro home, and a French podcast while I'm cooking dinner. You can hear me repeating phrases like "Maintenant, j'habite a Montreal" while I fry up a grilled cheese sandwich.

These little things are amazing - how had I never downloaded any before yesterday? What a fantastic idea to have a wealth of knowledge so easily accessibly on any topic you desire to download and listen to wherever you like! I am a big sucker for lifelong learning - I'm constantly researching new topics that interest me, and reading new books, and with these podcasts I don't even have to go to the library, all I have to do is click "download" and listen to someone's thoughts and ideas!

I imagine this is what people felt like when the first radios were introduced. I feel like a big geek, but it's so awesome!

To further illustrate how excited I am about podcasts, here is an email exchange between Lyndsey and I today:

On 10-01-18 4:02 PM, "Maresa" wrote:
Seriously podcasts are wicked. You know I’m obsessed because I actually felt sad that I can’t listen to a podcast right after work because I’m going to this movie with you. That is pathetic. It’s called human interaction, Maresa, it’s better than listening to podcasts!!


On 10-01-18 4:09 PM, "Lyndsey" wrote:
Well if you’d like to go home and listen to some podcasts you can... otherwise you can listen to live podcasts, also known as conversations... between 2 people... you remember those, right?


What can I say - I'm hooked!!! :P

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