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    • KellyK
      Kelly
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      I listen to music when I really need to focus. It doesn't always help though...

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      • coliverC
        coliver @NattNatt
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        • NattNattN
          NattNatt @coliver
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          @coliver said:

          @NattNatt said:

          @coliver said:

          @NattNatt said:

          @coliver said:

          I don't even listen to music on the drive in to work anymore. I've been listening to serial podcasts for a few years now.

          at first my mind saw that as cerial podcasts and I wondered how interesting corn flakes must be...

          Not as interesting as Captain Crunch more interesting then Fruit Loops.

          Noted, I'll be sure to keep an eye out for them πŸ˜‰

          Pi is irrational.

          huh..?

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          • coliverC
            coliver @NattNatt
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            @NattNatt said:

            @coliver said:

            @NattNatt said:

            @coliver said:

            @NattNatt said:

            @coliver said:

            I don't even listen to music on the drive in to work anymore. I've been listening to serial podcasts for a few years now.

            at first my mind saw that as cerial podcasts and I wondered how interesting corn flakes must be...

            Not as interesting as Captain Crunch more interesting then Fruit Loops.

            Noted, I'll be sure to keep an eye out for them πŸ˜‰

            Pi is irrational.

            huh..?

            Apparently I had a quote window open when I navigated to a different thread... It carried the quote over.

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            • travisdh1T
              travisdh1 @coliver
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              @coliver said:

              @NattNatt said:

              @coliver said:

              @NattNatt said:

              @coliver said:

              @NattNatt said:

              @coliver said:

              I don't even listen to music on the drive in to work anymore. I've been listening to serial podcasts for a few years now.

              at first my mind saw that as cerial podcasts and I wondered how interesting corn flakes must be...

              Not as interesting as Captain Crunch more interesting then Fruit Loops.

              Noted, I'll be sure to keep an eye out for them πŸ˜‰

              Pi is irrational.

              huh..?

              Apparently I had a quote window open when I navigated to a different thread... It carried the quote over.

              Yep, it does that, and then everyone is confused for a minute.

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              • DashrenderD
                Dashrender @Carnival Boy
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                @Carnival-Boy said:

                I find listening to music with headphones on a bit distracting, so don't generally do it. Some of my staff do and I don't have a problem with it. Whatever people find helps them.

                Agreed, I could never work at a hipster tech company on the west coast - everyone with their headphones on, no walls open floor plan.

                I do suppose it's one way to make sure employees are working and not screwing around on the interwebs - but then again, phone conversations from the person next to me would drive me insane as well.

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                • DashrenderD
                  Dashrender @coliver
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                  @coliver said:

                  I don't even listen to music on the drive in to work anymore. I've been listening to serial podcasts for a few years now.

                  LOL - same here. I hate it when I run out of my normal podcasts and have to listen to the radio to fill the void. It's caused me to pick up a few more podcasts to fill in the gaps.

                  Worst part of that is now I know how much time I spend in the car alone (don't get to listen to them when the wife is with me) - about 8 hours a week, between driving to/from work, to from lunch.

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                  • coliverC
                    coliver @Dashrender
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                    @Dashrender said:

                    @coliver said:

                    I don't even listen to music on the drive in to work anymore. I've been listening to serial podcasts for a few years now.

                    LOL - same here. I hate it when I run out of my normal podcasts and have to listen to the radio to fill the void. It's caused me to pick up a few more podcasts to fill in the gaps.

                    Worst part of that is now I know how much time I spend in the car alone (don't get to listen to them when the wife is with me) - about 8 hours a week, between driving to/from work, to from lunch.

                    I spend ~40 minutes to an hour in the car a day. When I was driving back and forth to Rochester (~3.5 hours) the radio was killing me. I found a few podcasts I liked and they recommended some more.

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                    • DashrenderD
                      Dashrender
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                      Yeah - the Twit network is where I spend most of my time. If I was having to fill voids like 3.5 hours, I'd probably do books on tape/digital media player

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                      • coliverC
                        coliver @Dashrender
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                        @Dashrender said:

                        Yeah - the Twit network is where I spend most of my time. If I was having to fill voids like 3.5 hours, I'd probably do books on tape/digital media player

                        I've tried Audible and other books-on-tape stuff. For some reason I can't do it. Much prefer to have a book in front of me that I can read.

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                        • BRRABillB
                          BRRABill
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                          I've been using Google Play for a 2 months now.

                          Though @Dashrender has me hooked on listening to podcasts in the car, though.

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                          • DashrenderD
                            Dashrender @coliver
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                            @coliver said:

                            @Dashrender said:

                            Yeah - the Twit network is where I spend most of my time. If I was having to fill voids like 3.5 hours, I'd probably do books on tape/digital media player

                            I've tried Audible and other books-on-tape stuff. For some reason I can't do it. Much prefer to have a book in front of me that I can read.

                            I definitely tend to remember the content better when I read with my eyes instead of my ears. So I wouldn't to do learning with books on tape - but casual reading - I don't mind.

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                            • DashrenderD
                              Dashrender @BRRABill
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                              @BRRABill said:

                              I've been using Google Play for a 2 months now.

                              Though @Dashrender has me hooked on listening to podcasts in the car, though.

                              You're welcome πŸ™‚

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                              • IRJI
                                IRJ
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                                Podcasts during commutes. Wow you people are boring πŸ™‚

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                                • DashrenderD
                                  Dashrender @IRJ
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                                  @IRJ said:

                                  Podcasts during commutes. Wow you people are boring πŸ™‚

                                  @IRJ said:

                                  Podcasts during commutes. Wow you people are boring πŸ™‚

                                  lol

                                  vs?

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                                  • MattSpellerM
                                    MattSpeller
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                                    \,,/ \,,/

                                    yes.

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                                    • IRJI
                                      IRJ @Dashrender
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                                      @Dashrender said:

                                      @IRJ said:

                                      Podcasts during commutes. Wow you people are boring πŸ™‚

                                      @IRJ said:

                                      Podcasts during commutes. Wow you people are boring πŸ™‚

                                      lol

                                      vs?

                                      music

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                                      • tonyshowoffT
                                        tonyshowoff @NattNatt
                                        last edited by tonyshowoff

                                        Edit: I didn't know it would expand the links into YouTube embeds, sorry for lagging anyone out there.

                                        @NattNatt said:

                                        Anyone else listen to music while they're working?

                                        Definitely.

                                        Does your music choice change depending what you're doing/morning to afternoon?

                                        Well, I'm not a psycho.

                                        My last boss refused to let us have any music in the office as she said it was distracting...the awkward silence was more distracting to me, and I find it easier to concentrate and work more efficiently when I have music personally...and gladly at this job they don't mind!

                                        Your boss is a psycho.

                                        When I'm doing cabling, I prefer old school hip-hop/rap πŸ˜‰

                                        I also like old school hiphop, and a lot of 90s stuff, such as: Redman, Saigon, Slick Rick, Nas, AZ, 2pac, Big L, and tons of more sadly dead people.

                                        I also listen to a lot of trance and house music as well, mostly just essential mix, I have damn near every episode that's ever been broadcast. Plus also stuff from Sasha and John Digweed, and Underworld.

                                        I also listen to a lot of trip hop, stuff like: Massive Attack, Dreadzone, Morcheeba, Sneaker Pimps, Hooverphonic, as well as chill wave, which isn't really that much different.

                                        I also listen to a lot of non-English hip hop: Ladose, KASTA (Polish rap group), ΠšΠ°ΡΡ‚Π° (Different group of the same name), ΠŸΠ΅ΡΠΎΡ‡Π½Ρ‹Π΅ люди, Π”Π•Π¦Π›, L'One, ΠœΠ°Ρ€ΡΠ΅Π»ΡŒ, and tons more.

                                        As well as Arabic pop music, primarily from Lebanon (as I'm familiar with Levantine Arabic), such as Nancy Ajram, which is playing right now.

                                        And tons of 90s music in general (Luscious Jackson, Death in Vegas, Oasis, Queens of the Stone Age, Toad the Wet Sprocket, etc), the 90s was my hayday. I still use winamp on Windows, because every other media player pisses me off to no end. They're either cumbersome or massive, or have some DRM garbage built in.

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                                        • RojoLocoR
                                          RojoLoco
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                                          One of the local college stations here is amazing.... the most truly diverse format I've ever heard.

                                          http://www.wrek.org/listen/

                                          ...and when I just need the sonic density and ridiculous tempo of drum and bass, I listen to http://www.bassdrive.com/

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                                          • brianlittlejohnB
                                            brianlittlejohn
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                                            Been Jamming out to Cake today!

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