Ask HN: How do you use your commute time?

Re:Ask HN: How do you use your commute time? by staunch on Monday March 28, 2011 @04:43PM (#2380006)

Podcasts, audio books, and NPR.

My commute went from 30-45 minutes each way to about 10-15 each way. Kind of miss the extra time to listen to great stuff.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you use your commute time? by GVRV on Monday March 28, 2011 @09:10PM (#2380889)

Which podcasts?

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Re:Ask HN: How do you use your commute time? by staunch on Monday March 28, 2011 @09:18PM (#2380921)

The History of Rome, This Week in Tech, This Week in Venture Capital, This Week in Startups, This American Life.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you use your commute time? by bartonfink on Monday March 28, 2011 @04:16PM (#2379877)

I talk to myself. Seriously. I explain, out loud, whatever is on my mind as if I'm talking to another person. I then, also out loud, make objections and ask pointed ?'s as if I were in a lecture or at a presentation. It's a sort of Socratic monologue, and I've been doing it for around a year. Best thing I've ever done with my commute time.

Call me crazy but I find that taking the effort to verbalize my thoughts on a subject really solidifies my understanding.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you use your commute time? by dukecitypal on Monday March 28, 2011 @04:15PM (#2379871)

Listening to Podcasts. Always. Some of my favorites are This American Life, The Bugle, Wait Wait Don't Tell me, Fresh Air, Science Talk.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you use your commute time? by jessmchung on Monday March 28, 2011 @05:24PM (#2380170)

I ride the JZ line in NYC. I try not to fall. Either I will read my weekly nymag, or if I've already finished it, I will see what literature my fellow passengers are reading - the people reading from Kindles tend to read steamier novels.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you use your commute time? by golgo13 on Monday March 28, 2011 @05:01PM (#2380082)

On the drive to work, it's Opie and Anthony. I need a good laugh to get the day going. On the way home, I listen to Microsoft MCM Traning Videos. Not ideal for writing & reading on screen code, but listening to the concepts is great.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you use your commute time? by Andrenid on Monday March 28, 2011 @10:50PM (#2381149)

Watch movies on my laptop, listen to music, read the kindle, or sleep (my commute is ~5 hours a day round-trip on a train).

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Re:Ask HN: How do you use your commute time? by luther07 on Monday March 28, 2011 @03:24PM (#2379679)

For my 15 minute bus ride (2 miles) I sometimes crack open the textbook on probability that I'm working through.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you use your commute time? by mindcrime on Monday March 28, 2011 @03:40PM (#2379748)

Listening to music, day-dreaming, and cursing at the other drivers on the roads; not necessarily in that order.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you use your commute time? by mindfulbee on Monday March 28, 2011 @04:50PM (#2380028)

Checking emails, reading news on my phone, and listening to some audiobooks--usually walking.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you use your commute time? by MatthewPhillips on Monday March 28, 2011 @03:18PM (#2379654)

Podcasts and occasionally audiobooks (would do that more often if they weren't so expensive).

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Re:Ask HN: How do you use your commute time? by HeyLaughingBoy on Monday March 28, 2011 @04:33PM (#2379955)

Don't forget that your local library probably has lots of audiobooks. Of course, then the problem is finding time to get to the library when it's open...

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Re:Ask HN: How do you use your commute time? by andrewcurioso on Monday March 28, 2011 @03:16PM (#2379646)

What commute time? I work from home.

When I am on the road, I "read" audio books.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you use your commute time? by cotsog on Monday March 28, 2011 @04:04PM (#2379831)

To exercise. Either biking 10k or running 5k and the rest via the metro.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you use your commute time? by keiferski on Monday March 28, 2011 @04:40PM (#2379992)

Trying not to get hit by a car (I ride a bike.)

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Re:Ask HN: How do you use your commute time? by veyron on Monday March 28, 2011 @03:31PM (#2379705)

Mount my iPad to my BMW and work! thank god for iSSH

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Re:Ask HN: How do you use your commute time? by egometry on Monday March 28, 2011 @04:12PM (#2379860)

NPR. Always.

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