My new “COVID-19 life” evening routine is walking my daughter in her stroller around our neighbourhood… very carefully… forget 2 meters distance, I go with 10 meters distance from anyone to be extra sure. She seems to like the fresh air and walking outside is super refreshing.
As we walk around, I find myself listening to podcasts for the first time in my life. I’ve never been too big into podcasts, they always seemed to be low information density, and they feel like you’re being sold something. I’d rather read a well thought out book, or listen to an audio book. I’ve been able to get value out of some of them though… they seem to be a good medium for sharing personal experiences in particular.
Here’s some quick thoughts:
The Productivity Show – Surprisingly…. super good. They basically go over tips, approaches and technologies for being more productive. I’ve been optimizing different things I do… like even my TODO list structure, and it’s honestly making a slight but noticeable difference.
Teach Computing – It seems more focused on K-12 and earlier, but, it’s been fun to have a lot of what I’ve thought over the years validated by others. It’s also made me think about some things explicitly that I had only considered implicitly before, like the episode on cognitive load theory in computing… super interesting.
Online Course Masters – Very comprehensive… they go over basically everything about creating online courses: content, production, marketing, etc. Along with a lot of interviews with in the trenches people that have done it already.