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Weekend listening: a couple of interesting podcasts
Now when my commute went from 10-20 mins to 30-40 mins in each direction I quickly burned the backlog of podcasts. I gave a try to some new and so far I like what I hear. Here they are:
Manager Tools Podcast
Software Engineering Radio
37signals Podcast
What are some of your favorite podcasts?
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