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What good technology podcasts are out there?

Yes, Podcasts, those nice little Audiobooks I can listen to on the way to work. With the current amount of Podcasts, it's like searching a needle in a haystack, except that the haystack happens to be the Internet and is filled with too many of these "Hot new Gadgets" stuff :( Now, even though I am mainly a .NET developer nowadays, maybe...

Creating a podcast

What tools will I need for creating a podcast and what things should I keep in mind when recording? With the tools, please suggest Windows, Mac and Unix tools :) I'm aware that monotones are a really bad idea, what about quiet background music, is it good or bad? Edit: How is this related to programming? I want to create a podcast abou...

A Stack Overflow Podcast throwback: What is to be done about tag soup?

A few weeks ago, in episode 14, Jeff and Joel were HTML, LINQ, Rails, et al: Atwood: Even in Rails land, where they have the flexibility of essentially redefining the language at will, to solve all these problems -- at a steep performance cost, obviously, but still, the productivity is worth it -- they still, if you look at the HTML ...

SSRS - RSS Feeds

This question has already been kinda asked, but I'm asking specifically for SQL Server Reporting Services. Are there any RSS feeds, Blogs or Podcasts that will allow me to find new/advanced SSRS techniques? ...

How do I download a file over HTTP using Python?

I have a small utility that I use to download an MP3 from a website on a schedule and then builds/updates a podcast XML file which I've obviously added to iTunes. The text processing that creates/updates the XML file is written in Python. I use wget inside a Windows .bat file to download the actual MP3 however. I would prefer to have ...

Where can I find good technical video podcasts or videos for download?

When I'm eating, or generally feeling bored, I like to watch a TV-series or something for entertainment. However, being somewhat of a geek, I was wondering if there were any technical video podcasts out there that I should be subscribing to? Any site that provides programming or technology-related videos for streaming or download will do...

Ruby podcasts?

Can anyone recommend any podcasts on Ruby or that at least cover Ruby from time to time? I have only found rubiverse.com so far. I'm not interested in Rails, though. ...

Good QA / Testing Podcast

Can anyone recommend a good Podcast for Quality Assurance / Tester folks. I find there is a wide variety on development but yet to find a good one for QA/Testing ( not from the developer point of view ). ...

Must-see tech talks/presentations?

There are now several places that offer free audio or video tech talks/presentations online: I'm thinking of Google Tech Talks, IT Conversations, as well as some of the sites recommended in the answers to this question. So: are there any specific presentation(s) that you consider as "must-see", either in your area of interest or for all...

Service to make an audio podcast from a video one?

Video podcast ??? Audio only mp3 player I'm looking for somewhere which will extract audio from video, but instead of a single file, for an on going video podcast. I would most like a website which would suck in the RSS and spit out an RSS (I'm thinking of something like Feedburner), though would settle for something on my own machin...

Are there any good oracle podcasts?

Are there any good oracle podcasts around? The only ones I've found is produced by oracle corp, and as such are little more than advertising pieces pushing their technology of the moment. I'm specifically interested in Database technologies. ...

What are the best Java Podcasts?

What are the best Java coding practices Podcast you can find on the net? I'm thinking in a podcast like HeardingCode or Hanselminutes, but oriented to java development... is there any this good out there? thanks! ...

Best .NET Podcasts

What are the best .NET podcasts out there? Related question: What good technology podcasts are out there ...

Software Architecture Related Podcasts

It has now been about 9 months since ARCast with Ron Jacobs stopped releasing new episodes and I miss this podcast. Can you recommend other podcasts in a similar vein? I already listen to HanselMinutes and DotNetRocks but they do not seem to have the same 'Software Architecture' / 'Big Picture' feel to them. ...

Creating Educational Videos

We had a question on how to create podcasts a while ago, and i'd like to go one step further - i'd like to create a video tutorial. Now, I am using Screen Capture software and a standard Video Editing program to edit them, and I find it quite hard sometimes to keep up the pace. I noticed that some videos (i.e. the ASP.net Videos) often ...

Do you find podcasts help you program?

I wanted to get some ideas on whether people find it helpful to listen to podcasts about technology, programming while not computing and if there is any one that listens while programming. I heard that it can be distracting while trying to program but I wonder if listening to podcasts while not programming helps people get inspired/mot...

Slipping podcasts through a filter

My workplace filters our internet traffic by forcing us to go through a proxy, and unfortunately sites such as IT Conversations and Libsyn are blocked. However, mp3 files in general are not filtered, if they come from sites not on the proxy's blacklist. So is there a website somewhere that will let me give it a URL and then download th...

Catching 'external drive inserted' event in a windows service

I'm trying to write a super-simple podcast-to-device downloading service to use for running. I imagine that it'll like this: Whenever a particular device is plugged in (via USB), it: Deletes everything from the device Checks for all the latest entries in a number of RSS Podcast feeds Downloads those to the device Notifies the user a...

Podcasts about JavaScript programming

As a passionate JavaScript developer, I'd like to know if there's any quality Podcasts out there, devoted to JavaScript. (Both video and audio). I am currently subscribing to: YUI Theater Audible Ajax ...

Are programming books a necessity nowadays

Do you think video blogs/screen-casts/podcasts are the best instruments to learn new stuffs in the programming than a book. Nowadays almost everyone has a hand held device like iPod or Zune to hear/watch conveniently. ...