Ask HN: How do you use your commute time?

Podcasts, audio books, and NPR.

My commute went from 30-45 minutes each way to about 10-15 each way. Kind of miss the extra time to listen to great stuff.

I talk to myself. Seriously. I explain, out loud, whatever is on my mind as if I'm talking to another person. I then, also out loud, make objections and ask pointed ?'s as if I were in a lecture or at a presentation. It's a sort of Socratic monologue, and I've been doing it for around a year. Best thing I've ever done with my commute time.

Call me crazy but I find that taking the effort to verbalize my thoughts on a subject really solidifies my understanding.

Listening to Podcasts. Always. Some of my favorites are This American Life, The Bugle, Wait Wait Don't Tell me, Fresh Air, Science Talk.

I ride the JZ line in NYC. I try not to fall. Either I will read my weekly nymag, or if I've already finished it, I will see what literature my fellow passengers are reading - the people reading from Kindles tend to read steamier novels.

On the drive to work, it's Opie and Anthony. I need a good laugh to get the day going. On the way home, I listen to Microsoft MCM Traning Videos. Not ideal for writing & reading on screen code, but listening to the concepts is great.

Watch movies on my laptop, listen to music, read the kindle, or sleep (my commute is ~5 hours a day round-trip on a train).

For my 15 minute bus ride (2 miles) I sometimes crack open the textbook on probability that I'm working through.

Listening to music, day-dreaming, and cursing at the other drivers on the roads; not necessarily in that order.

Checking emails, reading news on my phone, and listening to some audiobooks--usually walking.

Podcasts and occasionally audiobooks (would do that more often if they weren't so expensive).

What commute time? I work from home.

When I am on the road, I "read" audio books.

To exercise. Either biking 10k or running 5k and the rest via the metro.

Trying not to get hit by a car (I ride a bike.)

Mount my iPad to my BMW and work! thank god for iSSH

NPR. Always.