Quintified

(Couldn’t get this one to fit in Twitter…)

A nice aspect of my focused programming times is that I can listen to podcasts while working. It’s like listening to the radio in the background, so I don’t get every word, but 20 hours of Dan Miller gets you his gist…

(Yes, over the past couple weeks I’ve listened to over over 20 hours of Dan Miller’s “48 Days to the Work You Love” podcast. And I’m still in 2006. (Just in case you’re wondering, I love my work, but have always been a glutton for both receiving and giving career advice.))

My favorite podcast is the Stack Overflow podcast with Jeff Atwood and Joel Spolsky. I highly recomend this to all computer programmers. Unfortunately they only do one hour a week.

The Duct Tape Marketing podcast is great too, as is Dave Ramsey’s.

However, I can’t listen while I’m writing or reading English, so I need to rewind my current podcast just a bit after I post this.

Microsoft sponsored John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing fame to write a freely available 23-page ebook on social media called  Let’s Talk: Social Media for Business. (For those who don’t know, I’m a big Duct Tape Marketing fan (particularly of the book) and once told Liz that should anything ever happen to me, she should consider becomming a Duct Tape Marketing coach.)

Speaking of the book, Amazon apparently has a “bargain-price” on the hardcover edition for $5.99! I just ordered four to give away — so much for not spending any money in 2009!

Got good work done, and some exercise. Made a family memory and ate right. Didn’t spend any money.

364 more of these and it’s going to be a great year!