Podcast isn't the kind of media I would like to receive, since reading is much faster than listening.

The above image states the only reason I ever tried the PHP Abstract, Cal Evans is giving out free books to blog about it1!
So I picked out 2 podcasts and listened to them...
Oh... cheesy opening...

After hearing the Five Ways To Kill a Software Project. It's mostly about how to not do software project for clients. Some things I definitely want to remember. Not now though. the only client is myself....

The opinionated software one is one thing that's really struck me. I don't mean I'm a person creating millions of configurations for the users, I don't give the users options for configure them because everything I wrote is so delicate2. Sounds like PHP codes for embedded systems. I have the feelings I can never write something suitable for anyone else but me.

The podcast's opening + ending took 1 minute in total, that's quite long compare to the entire podcast. Come on, it's an abstract, extended brief news, cut to the point...

Oh, that reminds me another reason I like reading better. No one can jump though sections in podcast as easy as textbooks.
[Nothing against podcast, I'm just jealous about the people who have a iPod to listening to podcast on the go]

So, I recommend PHP Abstract to anyone who have interest in new(or interesting) stuff in PHP and can find 10 minute on a average week3 sitting in the bus with an ipod.

1. 1. won't it be cool if I can get something not from my book collection
2. 2. configuration for prime spirals and matrix rain effect? Don't think so
3. 3. that's 59.52 milliseconds per average minute