iPod Shuffle + Mp3 Lectures
Have you checked out the Teaching Company? They sell complete college courses on CD and DVD. I recently went nuts and purchased seven or eight of their titles.
I thought I would listen to them in the car, but then a colleague showed me his iPod Shuffle (1gb version). It’s perfect for listening to the lectures. I just loaded an entire 12 hour lecture on Greek Philosophy onto the thing. The Shuffle is tiny and it has restricted functionality. A liveable limit for linear lecturing.
I still had room left over, so I went to the WGBH Forum Lectures site and pulled down one of their MP3’s.
Sweeet!
July 27th, 2006 at 5:52 pm
Dear James,
I would like to suggest that you gather your speeches in different conferences in some CDor MP3 format fr those who want to listen to them.
I think many testers would be glad to have one or more of these CD. Of course I am ready to pay for the CD. Please consider this option too for those of us who can not participate in your coferences but would like to do it.
Similar homepage as you mentioned here for Ipod but only for test related speeches from experts.
Best wishes
// Babak
[James’ Reply: That’s a nice idea. I wish I actually had recordings of some of my talks. I’ve been thinking of podcasting, though. Maybe I’ll try that.
Have you seen Cem Kaner’s video lectures at http://www.testingeducation.org? He has hours of great material, there, as part of the Black Box Testing class.]
July 28th, 2006 at 9:14 am
Hi James,
I hope you have time to do it. This would be a great oppurtunity for those who can not participate your conferences.
No I did not know about Cem kaner’s video lecture. This is a great contribution to test society.
Best Regards // Babak
March 28th, 2007 at 5:53 pm
March 28, 2007
The Teaching Company offers excellent lectures in audio and other formats; I own a set of CD audio lectures by highly competent professors on Nietzsche, Existentialism, and Buddhism–every one an intellectual gem.
Recently, I have found reward in first seeking (searching for) and second listening to “academic,” “news,” and other types of audio files found “free” on the Internet; mp3 format is the most universal. I “burn” the files to CD media to play in a “Sony” boombox at home, late at night.
I have found presentations on philosophy, history, nutrition, political analysis, social commentary, alternative music and news, “radio,” as “podcasts,” blogs, raw mp3 files, etc. from a variety of sources: private, public, Universities, colleges, your average Joe, et al.
Check out my link: http://www.randyrambo.com/mp3links.html
Signed,
RR