A Side Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic? Reading Got a Lot Harder

Re:A Side Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic? Reading Got a Lot... by xamuel on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @11:58AM (#22936112)

The past few years, I've been doing a lot of side-project type stuff during the train commute. The lockdown has made me realize how valuable it is being forcibly isolated from the internet by a daily train ride. With the internet at my fingertips, there are way too many distractions to productively work on writing a paper or reading a book.

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Re:A Side Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic? Reading Got a Lot... by dpau on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @12:34PM (#22936530)

It's been noted that the pandemic has caused a dip in streaming audio and podcast traffic, those moments of time when we are "busy but free" during commutes turn out to be valuable slivers of time in which we catch up and enjoy all that content. Lately I've been making up chores for myself just so I can have an excuse to play my audiobooks..

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Re:A Side Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic? Reading Got a Lot... by dhosek on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @01:39PM (#22937248)

I've fallen way behind in my podcasts because I don't have the time that I usually do in the office/commute to listen.

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