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By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

I’ve never been much of an audiobook listener due to my impatience. I know I’m an extremely fast reader and I get frustrated by the slower pace of narration. I thought the same would be true for industry podcasts. Recently, however, I’ve gotten into them. This has surprised me, since I’d usually rather skim a transcript over listening to anything.

I still do like the transcripts to remind me of salient points. But now podcasts are helpful resources that I enjoy listening to. I think that’s because I’ve now got a system for making them useful for me. I know some of you are light years ahead of me on this stuff. I thought I’d blog my revelations in case any of you out there are where I am in the discovery process.

I tend to listen to them when exercising (to forget that I’m exercising, since it’s my least favorite activity) or driving.Continue reading

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

It’s taken me a while to come around to enjoying audio and podcasting. I prefer to read transcripts of podcasts. I skim, pick out the wheat from the chaff. And then I move on to the next thing I’ve got to do.

But when I had a back injury last year…from sitting…ha…I unfortunately ended up spending a lot more time at the gym as a result. Podcasts are lovely ways to distract ourselves from the unpleasant task at hand. That unpleasant task might be the frustration of a traffic jam for those of us in urban areas, the boredom of a transit commute, or the tedium of exercise. And podcasts are often jam-packed with information.

For those who are interested in completely forgetting about the fact that they’re exercising (as I am), here are some of the podcasts I’ve enjoyed (mixture of writing business and writing craft):Continue reading

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Keeping Informed Through Podcasts