As a person who makes Skype calls and podcasts regularly, there’s nothing like getting a quality pair of headphones to make the experience that much more enjoyable. I’ve tried my fair share of headphones — mostly earbuds in recent months — and still my trusty AKG headphones from my days as a college radio station…

I’ve had several challenges in the last couple weeks, some of which required some creative solutions. Since some of you might find yourself facing the same challenges at some point, I thought I’d share this motley collection of tips with you. Jott to Evernote If…

If you’re anything like me, you probably have a whole stack of books sitting around that you’re really going to read some day. Yeah right! Sure, it would be nice to get some more reading done, but let’s face it: there is usually something more urgent that needs to get done. And when you…

There are ways to save your time on listening to podcast – either not listen to it at all, or make it play faster – Nev shares his tips on saving time on listening to podcast, by increasing the playback speed on Windows Media Player: “So, how do you listen to podcasts faster?” The answer: use software…

I saw a pointer on MAKE Magazine to a $9 MP3 player. It’s fairly simple, and reads SD or MMC cards. I am pointing you to the article, because there are lots of ways this could be used interestingly as a hack. For instance, you could keep a few around the house in special areas…

Podcast Academy 2 wrapped up in Boston on Saturday with a reminder that the next Podcast Academy will be hosted by Yahoo! in Santa Clara, California shortly. One great thing about the hosts of THIS session, Boston University, was that their crack team of AV people had the podcasts and presentations up on the web…

I’m all about the idea of creating content versus just consuming content. This morning, I listened to Richard Lucic and Zach Pogue from Duke University. They talked about how podcasting really boosted the value of information given BACK by the students. So, instead of a student turning in a five page paper full of garbage…

Productive Strategies has a list of universities which are making lectures available as podcasts. Those are pretty cool additions to your audio book listening schedule. But as you know, the quality will be varies as usual, so try it out and see what you enjoy and is value-add: … Several universities are making lectures…