iPod and Podcast information

To those of you who know me or see me about, you will probably have noticed I nearly always have ny iPod around my neck.  I bet you wonder what I listen to . . . well, as well as some music (mainly involving Clarinets), I listen mainly to techy podcasts.

Here is a list of some of the podcasts that I listen to regularly – all available on iTunes:

Security Now
43 Folders
GeekBrief.TV
Linux News Log
Mac OS Ken
MacBreak Weekly
MacCast (including MacCast loop)
Mobile Computing Authority
net@nite
Stuff Mag’s podcast
this WEEK in TECH
Typical Mac User Podcast
Windows Weekly with Paul Thurrott

They are all informative and entertaining.

Experience so far with Nokia N73

I thought I’d put some notes together on the N73 and how I’ve found using it in combination with my work Exchange account for anyone that might be interested . . .

I work for the University of Nottingham and they have an Exchange based e-mail system.  Previously I used a Windows Mobile  5 device (XDA Exec) to get mail using the push facility provided, but after changing to a Nokia N73 thought I’d try the Mail for Exchange (MfE) software.

Whilst this is not as sophisticated as the using Windows mobile, it allows me to triage  incoming mail quite adequately.  The only deficency I have found so far is in accepting appointments which does not seem to work reliably.  I’ll need to play with it some more to fully understand what is happening – more on this later – time permitting.

I am also starting to get RSS feeds to the phone  using “Mobiz LiveFeeder”, which seems to be working well.  Other software I have found to be useful is the GMail application for Symbian, the Nokia maps, which is really impressive, offering GPS navigation (at a price), and Opera which is a great improvement over the standard browsing capability of the device.