One of the things I missed the most about being without an iPod for 6 weeks was not having podcasts to listen to on my 45 minute commute to work.  Coinciding with my return to the iPod club was the release of a new podcast by Scott Hanselman, the author of my favorite blog Computer Zen.   The podcast is called HanselMinutes and is produced by Pwop.com, the people behind two other podcasts that I listen two regularly, .Net Rocks and Mondays.  

Aside from a dopey introduction by the Pwop recording guy Lawrence (what happened to Geoff Maciolek?  Geoff is the Rodney Dangerfield of podcasting, gets no respect from Carl,  Richard Campbell or especially Mark Miller), the HanselMinutes podcast is a very well produced show.  Pwop does know how to make a good sounding recording.   I was, however, surprised that Carl Franklin hosted the show and led the discussion.  I had expected it to be a one-man show, similar to Adam Curry and most other podcasts.  The result wasn’t disappointing, Scott was so focused on what he wanted that a couple of times he steered Carl in the right direction.

The show covered various gadgets and cool software tools (Blogjet, Xbox 360, Twonky) and ended with a technical problem that Scott or his crew has faced recently.   Today’s problem was an issue with caching ASP.Net and culture specific formatting. 

Perhaps I am a bit biased because I am a daily reader of Computer Zen, but this podcast is clearly on my favorites list.   For the developer or aspiring developer I recommend this podcast and my other favorites:  .Net Rocks (feed), Polymorphic Podcast and Software as She’s Developed.